News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for political leaders to complete final stages of Ohrid agreement
Publishing date: 8 November 2001
SKOPJE, 8 November 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, paid a one-day visit to Skopje, capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, together with Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO...
Media Centre Opens for Kosovo's Election
Publishing date: 8 November 2001
PRISTINA, 8 November 2001-- On Friday, 9 November, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is opening its media centre in Pristina to assist journalists working in Kosovo during the election on 17 November...
Head of Kosovo Mission to present third legal systems monitoring report
Publishing date: 8 November 2001
PRISTINA, 8 November 2001-- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, will present the third report on Kosovo's judicial system in a press conference on Friday. The report looks at issues of legal representation, detention...
Kosovo Police Service officers cast their votes early in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 November 2001
PRISTINA, 7 November 2001-- Kosovo Police Service officers are casting their ballots this week as part of the special needs voting programme, since they will be on duty on election day. As part of the OSCE special needs voting programme...
Kosovo civil society actors and politicians meet ahead of 17 November election
Publishing date: 7 November 2001
PRISTINA, 7 November 2001-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is organizing two discussions aimed at debating issues of concern to Kosovo citizens, who are called up to cast their ballots in the province's general election on 17 November...
Ballots arrive for Kosovo's 17 November general election
Publishing date: 7 November 2001
PRISTINA, 7 November 2001-- More than one million ballots have arrived in Kosovo for the 17 November general election. The ballots, which were printed in the United Kingdom...
Network of civil society development centres to be established in Albania
Publishing date: 6 November 2001
TIRANA, 6 November 2001- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) have established a network of five civil society development centres, which will be opened throughout the country this month...
OSCE introduces new voter registration system in Bosnia and Herzegovina municipalities
Publishing date: 6 November 2001
SARAJEVO, 6 November 2001- The OSCE is in the process of introducing in Bosnia and Herzegovina a new system of voter registration to representatives of all of the country's 145 municipalities. The process of voter registration is still administered...
Montenegro's draft referendum law marks backward step
Publishing date: 5 November 2001
WARSAW, 5 November 2001 (OSCE)-- The new draft referendum law of Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, marks a backward step from current legislation. This is the conclusion of an analysis published today by the OSCE/ODIHR...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes endorsement of Kosovo Serb participation in November election
Publishing date: 5 November 2001
BUCHAREST, 5 November 2001- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomed the endorsement by the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia, as well as...