Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Rules set for fair and equitable media coverage during Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 1 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 1 August 2000-- The Central Elections Commission (CEC) has adopted rules governing the conduct of the media during the run-up to the forthcoming municipal elections...
OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia celebrates 25th anniversary and the signing of Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 1 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN, 1 August 2000-- On 1 August 1975, 35 Heads of State or Government from Europe, the United States and Canada signed the Helsinki Final Act...
OSCE celebrates anniversary of Helsinki Final Act in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 1 August 2000- Today the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) Final Act...
Advisory Group meets to discuss legislative reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 August 2000-- The Advisory Group on Defamation and Freedom of Information Legislation is meeting from 1 to 3 August to review and develop Defamation legislation...
Briefing- Rules for fair and equitable media coverage during Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 31 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 31 July 2000-- The Kosovo Central Elections Commission has adopted rules governing the conduct of the media...
Electricity cut to Media House in Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 28 July 2000-- Following several warnings from the Electricity Company of Kosovo (KEK), the lights went out this afternoon at the Pristina-based "Media House"...
Proposed law on presidential succession to be reviewed in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 28 July 2000-- The Office of the High Representative and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina are amazed at the BiH House of Representatives' rush to adopt without public debate...
Kosovo newspaper responds to warning from Media Commissioner
Publishing date: 28 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 28 July 2000-- The Albanian-language daily newspaper "Rilindja" has responded to the 21 July warning letter issued by the Temporary Media Commissioner Douglas Davidson...
Regional Stability Pact Co-ordinator on Trafficking visits Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SARAJEVO, 28 July 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a visit of Dr Helga Konrad, the Regional Coordinator of the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings.
Freimut Duve accused by Belgrade government of being a "German agent"
Publishing date: 27 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 27 July 2000-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is dismayed by the sentencing of a Serbian journalist, Miroslav Filipovic, to seven years in prison on 26 July 2000 by the Nis military court.