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Elections improve in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, but fall short on commitments
Publishing date: 25 September 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 25 September 2000-- The 24 September second-round municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) showed improvement in some areas, but still fell...
OSCE and Yugoslavia- Important dates, timeline
Publishing date: 25 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 25 September 2000-- Following is background information and a timeline of recent OSCE involvement in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia.
Financial disclosure reports filed in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 September 2000
PRISTINA, 25 September 2000-- The political entities contesting the 28 October municipal elections in Kosovo have filed their first financial disclosure report..
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office issues statement on FRY elections
Publishing date: 25 September 2000
Content type: Press statement
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 25 September 2000-- In reaction to yesterday's elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said...
Party registration process in Azerbaijan raises serious concerns
Publishing date: 22 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 22 September 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) is extremely concerned that seven political parties were denied registration by the Central Election Commission...
Yerevan meeting looks at OSCE 25th anniversary
Publishing date: 22 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 22 September 2000-- The 25th anniversary of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe was the topic of a round table meeting in Yerevan today.
Voting program for those living outside Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 September 2000
VIENNA, 22 September 2000-- More than 38,000 voters packs are being mailed to people who currently live outside Kosovo and were registered by the International Organization for Migration to vote in the 28 October municipal elections...
OSCE police monitoring group to cease operations in Danube Region
Publishing date: 21 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Policing
ZAGREB, 21 September 2000- The OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna has decided that the OSCE Police Monitoring Group in the Danube Region will cease operations...
Freimut Duve: Concern for Missing Ukrainian Journalist
Publishing date: 21 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 21 September 2000-- A prominent Ukrainian journalist, Heorhy Gongadze, editor of the online magazine Ukrainska Pravda, went missing in Kyiv on 16 September 2000...
Contribution limits for political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 19 September 2000- The Provisional Election Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina has established the official limit on contributions to political parties pursuant to the State Law on Party Financing...