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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns terrorist attacks in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
OSLO, 13 March 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk of Norway, strongly condemns the terrorist acts in Kosovo on 13 March. At...
Explosions in Podujevo and Mitrovica
Publishing date: 13 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 13 March 1999-- On 13 March, at 1306 and 1320 hours, two explosions occurred in Podujevo, one near the police station and the other at the market. This was followed at 1418 hours,...
Tense situation in Orahovac, Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 1 March 1999-- On 1 March at 13,00 hours, the KLA handed over two missing Serb brothers to the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission.
OSCE calls on Turkey to respect human rights commitments on Öcalan trial
Publishing date: 24 February 1999
COPENHAGEN, 24 February 1999- Mrs. Helle Degn, M. P., President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), appeals to the Turkish authorities to guarantee a fair trial for the arrested leader of the P
KVM protests against harassment of verifiers
Publishing date: 23 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 23 February 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission has strongly protested the Yugoslav authorities recent acts of hostility and aggression suffered by verifiers at the hands of the VJ and MUP forces.
New Co-ordination Centre opens in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SRBICA, 10 February 1999-- Yesterday, the Co-ordination Centre Srbica of the OSCE/KVM Regional Centre Mitrovica was officially inaugurated. At the moment 25 international verifiers are...
Racak victims remain unburied
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
PRISTINA, 10 February 1999-- The bodies of 40 Albanian civilians killed in Racak on 15 th January remain unburied. The Kosovo Verification Mission deeply deplores the unresolved issue of the transference of the bodies from the FRY...