News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Croatian local elections generally in line with international election standards
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
ZAGREB, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Yesterday's local government elections in Croatia were conducted generally in accordance with international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement
Frowick: give intensified political dialogue a chance
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
SKOPJE, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Robert Frowick, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, issued the following statement during a press conference in Skopje on Friday, 18 May...
Kosovo Mission holds first training for young Roma journalists
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
PRISTINA, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has organized the first \"basic skills\" media training for young Roma journalists. Ten young journalists- either already working at Kosovo radio stations or with an interest to broaden...
New law enforcement project discussed in Yerevan
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
YEREVAN, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Participants at a high-level two-day conference held in Yerevan discussed last week a new law enforcement project to be implemented in Armenia. The conference, which was co-organized by the OSCE on 17 and 18 May...
Kosovo Mission holds human rights workshops for Communities Committees
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
PRISTINA, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Members of Kosovo\'s municipal Communities Committees are taking part in the first of a series of OSCE-organized training workshops on human rights, which started in Prizren on 18 May.
130 International observers deployed for Croatia elections, 20 May
Publishing date: 16 May 2001
ZAGREB, 16 May 2001- About 130 international observers will be deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) Election Observation Mission for the 20 May local government elections in Croatia.
2001: A special year for children's rights
Publishing date: 16 May 2001
WARSAW, 16 May 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE is contributing to giving childrens' rights a special international focus during 2001, as the world prepares for the first ever United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children.
Series of anti-corruption seminars started in Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 May 2001
KYIV, 15 May 2001 (OSCE)-- On 14 and 15 May, a seminar on \"Corruption Investigation and Prevention Strategy\" was held in Yalta, Ukraine. It was the first of a series of five regional seminars planned within the framework of co-operation...
New training on human rights monitoring and reporting in Armenia
Publishing date: 15 May 2001
YEREVAN, 15 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The second part of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) training programme on human rights monitoring and reporting for NGOs in Armenia will be held in Yerevan from 16 May to 20 May...
Private accomodation to be used to house evicted families in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 15 May 2001
BANJA LUKA, 15 May 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the offer of the Banja Luka Municipality to rent space from private citizens in order to provide accommodation for evicted families