Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
Press releases and media advisories
OSCE Office in Minsk calls documentary shown by Belarusian state broadcaster "slanderous"
MINSK, 13 May 2004 - The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, criticized a TV documentary recently shown on Belarusian state television as an "open slander of key opposition politicians"...
OSCE Office contributes to local and self-government discussions in Belarus
MINSK, 1 December 2003 - The OSCE Office in Minsk will conclude a project on local and self-government with an international seminar in the Belarusian capital tomorrow. The seminar, on Conceptual Issues of the Development and Perfection of...
Conference in Belarus to discuss alternatives to jail sentencing
MINSK, 24 November 2003 - Experts from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia and the USA will discuss alternatives to prison sentences at a conference that will take place in Minsk on 26 and 27 November...
OSCE PA Working Group Chair visits Minsk
MINSK, 1 November 2003 - The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus, Ms. Uta Zapf (Germany), visited Minsk from 30 October - 1 November. This visit was organized with the assistance of the OSCE Office in Minsk...
OSCE Office seriously concerned over continued governmental pressure on NGOs in Belarus
MINSK, 29 October 2003 - Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, expressed today his serious concern over the continued governmental pressure on non-governmental organizations in Belarus...
OSCE's human rights body starts dialogue on electoral reform with Belarus
WARSAW, 23 September 2003 - The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and authorities in Belarus have begun a dialogue on reforming electoral legislation. A one-day seminar on "International Standards for Democratic...
OSCE Office concerned over closure of NGOs in Belarus
MINSK, 11 September 2003 - Closure of non-governmental organizations for alleged violations of the law is a continuing concern for international observers, said the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, today...
OSCE Office supports project on local democracy in Belarus
MINSK, 25 August 2003 - A delegation of six representatives from Belarusian local authorities today began a study trip to Lithuania. The five-day trip is a part of an OSCE Office in Minsk project on Local Democracy and Assistance to Local...
OSCE/ODIHR assists Belarus with reforming Soviet-era population registration
MINSK, 7 July 2003 - International and Belarusian experts meet in Minsk today to discuss ways to reform Belarus' population registration system. With this meeting the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), together...
OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers
VIENNA, 30 May 2003 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...