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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo special broadcast licences remain in effect
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 14 December 2000-- The Office of the Temporary Media Commissioner announced today that the Special Broadcast Authorizations (Elections Coverage) issued to Kosovo radio and television stations will remain in effect...
Parliamentary Assembly President will lead OSCE observation of Serbian elections
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 14 December 2000-- Mr. Adrian Severin, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Belgrade on 20 December 2000 to lead the OSCE Observation Mission for the Parliamentary Elections in Serbia on Saturday 23 December...
Decisions issued on breach of election code in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- At its 290th meeting on Tuesday, 12 December 2000, the Provisional Election Commission passed a series of decisions involving the replacement and resignations of various elected officials...
OSCE condemns financial mismanagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina canton
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- Widespread budgetary improprieties, waste, and mismanagement in the Una-Sana Canton government, much of it dating back several years, have been discovered in a report prepared by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Croatian prisons to improve relations with media
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 December 2000-- Croatian prisons will improve their relations with the media in an attempt to increase transparency of the prison system...
Stability Pact countries sign "Anti-Trafficking Declaration"
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PALERMO, 13 December 2000-- An "Anti-Trafficking Declaration" was signed today by Government Ministers from the countries of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, recognizing the "pressing and growing importance" of the problem...
Kosovo Law Centre seminar on trafficking of women
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 13 December 2000-- The Kosovo Law Centre (KLC), in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), will host a seminar on the issue: "Trafficking of Women"...
Regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine supported by ODIHR
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KHARKIV, 12 December 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will assist in establishing and maintaining five regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine.
Kosovo-wide radio licences awarded
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 12 December 2000-- On 11 December 2000, a panel chaired by the Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) decided to award broadcast licenses for the two available Kosovo-wide radio frequencies to Radio 21 and Radio Dukagjini...
Conference on municipality infrastructure programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 12 December 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina held a conference on 8 and 9 December, on the Municipal Infrastructure Finance and Implementation (MIFI) Programme which the OSCE has been implementing since December 1998...