News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Permanent Council adopts budget for 2001 Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
VIENNA, 1 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to adopt a supplementary budget for the holding of Kosovo-wide elections on 17 November 2001. The supplementary budget for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, approved on 31 May, amounts to...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office commends positive developments in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
BUCHAREST, 1 June 2001-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has commended the recent positive developments in southern Serbia. He was referring to the agreement on the demilitarization...
Mandate extension recommended for OSCE Media Representative
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
VIENNA, 1 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Permanent Council has recommended to the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of Freimut Duve as OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to 31 December 2003...
Political support for domestic election observers is growing in the OSCE
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
WARSAW, 31 May 2001 (OSCE)- Political support for domestic election observation groups is growing within the OSCE. This is one of the main results of a high-level OSCE meeting on elections which closes today...
Kosovo Mission Head to brief Pristina media on 1 June
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
PRISTINA, 31 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Daan Everts, Head of the Mission in Kosovo, will brief the Pristina media on Friday, 1 June, on his recent visit to the OSCE Permanent Council. On 31 May, Mr. Everts had updated the 55 OSCE participating States...
Stiff penalties for violations of 2001 electoral rules in Kosovo adopted
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
PRISTINA, 31 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Stiff penalties will be imposed on Kosovo's political entities again this year if they break the rules governing the 2001 electoral process. These could range from fines to a candidate or a party being barred...
Armed forces conduct aerial observation flights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
SARAJEVO, 31 May 2001(OSCE)- Two aerial observation flights were conducted over the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, 30 May. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the office of the OSCE Personal Representative on Article II...
Kosovo Mission chief to brief Permanent Council on elections preparations
Publishing date: 30 May 2001
PRISTINA, 30 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, will brief tomorrow the Permanent Council on the on-going preparations for the general elections scheduled for 17 November, and on the operation to update the voters\'...
Second training course for police officers in southern Serbia started
Publishing date: 30 May 2001
BELGRADE, 30 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Yugoslavia is currently conducting in Bujanovac the second course for former police officers and reserves of Albanian and Serb origin, as part of an integrated package meant to develop a multi-ethnic...
Political Independence of Radio Television Kosovo "crucial and huge step forward"
Publishing date: 30 May 2001
PRISTINA, 30 May 2001 (OSCE)-- A new regulation establishing Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) as the sole public service broadcaster in the province, has been described by Daan Everts, OSCE Mission Head, as \"crucial\" for the people in Kosovo...