News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Deadline reached for party certification in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 July 2001
PRISTINA, 23 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The four week period for political party certification for Kosovo\'s upcoming elections ended at 1700, on Friday, 20 July...
OSCE helicopter evacuates wounded in a car accident in Omalo, Georgia
Publishing date: 22 July 2001
TBLISI, 22 July 2001-- In an emergency flight, an OSCE helicopter brought 14 people- including six children- from the village of Omalo in Georgia to the country\'s capital Tbilisi yesterday, on 21 July...
OSCE Secretary General expresses sorrow over death of EUMM monitors
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
VIENNA, 20 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) deeply regrets the death of three members of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in the north-western part of the former Yugoslav...
OSCE co-hosts training seminar to prepare for Tajikistan 2005 elections
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
DUSHANBE, 20 July 2001 (OSCE)- A two-day seminar for political parties and movements of Tajikistan on \"Party Leadership Skills and Strengthening Party Long-Term Planning\" ended yesterday in Dushanbe...
OSCE Moldova Mission condemns intrusion into its Tiraspol office
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
CHISINAU, 20 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 19 July, a group of demonstrators intruded into the Tiraspol office of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, purportedly in protest of the disposal of Russian arms which has been proceeding...
OSCE organizes training on women's rights in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
SAMARKAND, 20 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold from 23 to 26 July a training on human rights report writing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan...
OSCE/ODIHR Roma contact point concerned about police violence against Roma in Slovakia, encourages remedial actions
Publishing date: 20 July 2001
WARSAW, 20 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues of the OSCE\'s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned about the recent manifestation of police violence in Slovakia which resulted in the death...
Head of Croatia Mission meets authorities in Vukovar
Publishing date: 19 July 2001
VUKOVAR, 19 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Bernard Poncet, met on 18 July with representatives of the newly elected county and local authorities in Vukovar to discuss a wide range of issues related to the OSCE mandate...
OSCE Croatia Mission Chief visits Danube region
Publishing date: 19 July 2001
OSIJEK, 19 July 2001 (OSCE)- Bernard Poncet, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, today met the newly prefect of the Osijek-Baranja county in Croatia\'s Danube region, and said that he was \"encouraged to see that the new authorities...
OSCE disseminates new legislation on civil and criminal procedure among Ukrainian judiciary
Publishing date: 19 July 2001
KYIV, 19 July 2001 (OSCE)- After the introduction of significant changes to the relevant laws concerning civil and criminal procedure in connection with the expiry of the five year transitional period of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June...