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Over 1,000 international OSCE verifiers in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 29 January 1999-- Today the number of international staff with the Kosovo Verification Mission passed another significant milestone when new arrivals brought the KVM strength to 1,020....
Shooting at Rakovina condemned by KVM
Publishing date: 27 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 27 January 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission condemns the shooting of five civilians near the village of Rakovina, reported Monday, as a criminal and brutal act which cannot be tolerated....
Yugoslav Government releases nine Albanian prisoners
Publishing date: 24 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 24 January 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission was pleased to learn yesterday that nine ethnic Albanians, imprisoned since December for KLA-activities, were released by the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
Five prisoners released in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 23 January 1999-- Five civilians, taken hostage on Friday January 22, were released tonight as a result of KVM efforts....
KVM condemns abduction of Serbian civilians
Publishing date: 23 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 23 January 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission strongly condemns the abduction on Friday, January 22 of five civilians from the village of Nevolijane near Vucitrn....
OSCE rejects Yugoslav decision to expel Ambassador Walker
Publishing date: 21 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 21 January 1999-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Knut Vollebæk of Norway, Wolfgang Schüssel of...
Deliberate shooting at KVM vehicles
Publishing date: 21 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PRISTINA, 21 January-- The commander of the KLA forces in the Decani area has acknowledged publicly that his forces were responsible for the shooting and wounding of two KVM personnel on 15 January, saying it was due to a misunderstanding....