News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo Media Appeals Board reviews case of Epoka E Re vs. Temporary Media Commissioner
Publishing date: 16 August 2001
PRISTINA, 16 August 2001 (OSCE)- Today, the Kosovo Media Appeals Board met to consider the decision of the Temporary Media Commissioner on 20 February 2001 to impose on the owner(s) and publisher(s) of the newspaper \"Epoka E Re\"...
OSCE Skopje Mission rejects allegations
Publishing date: 15 August 2001
SKOPJE, 15 August 2001 (OSCE)-- In response to allegations from some media and from the Macedonian Ministry of Interior, which have already been corrected by Minister Boshkovski on 14 August, the OSCE Mission to Skopje would like to state the following:
"This is a great day for peace in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", says Chairman-in-Office Geoana
Publishing date: 13 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 13 August 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, participated today in the signing ceremony of the Framework Agreement...
Roundtable on police and judicial co-operation to take place in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 August 2001
PRISTINA, 13 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-run Kosovo Judicial Institute and Kosovo Police Service School are holding a two-day roundtable on ways to improve working relations between Kosovo\'s police force and investigative...
Rules on candidate registration agreed for Kosovo November elections
Publishing date: 13 August 2001
PRISTINA, 13 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The way has been prepared for political parties, citizens\' initiatives and coalitions to put together their lists of candidates for the forthcoming Kosovo-wide election scheduled for 17 November...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Geoana to participate in signing ceremony of Framework Agreement in Skopje
Publishing date: 12 August 2001
BUCHAREST, 12 August 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, will travel tomorrow to Skopje to participate in the planned signing...
OSCE Mission to monitor investigation into 1999 bombing of Serb state media station
Publishing date: 10 August 2001
BELGRADE, 10 August 2001 (OSCE)-- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia met with relatives of two victims of the 1999 Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS) bombing in Aberdareva Street...
OSCE condemns irresponsible publication of personal data in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
SARAJEVO, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- On Monday, the Bosnia and Herzegovina daily Glas Srpski published a 12-page list of names provided by the Republika Srpska Government Documentation Centre in Banja Luka. The names purportedly belong to individuals...
International students' summer work camp concludes work in Armenia
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
YEREVAN, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)- For the second consecutive year the OSCE Office in Yerevan has supported an international summer work camp in Armenia. This grass root project introduced and implemented by Voluntary Service of Armenia...
Attack at Kosovo registration centre condemned as "cowardly and shameful"
Publishing date: 9 August 2001
PRISTINA, 9 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Daan Everts, has whole-heartedly condemned the attack on an elderly Roma woman outside a registration centre...