News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office begins training course to monitor places of detention in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
YEREVAN, 26 April 2006- A four-day training course to increase the professional capacity of public monitoring groups to monitor places of detention started today in Tsakhkadzor in Armenia. The course, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan together...
OSCE supports workshop on impact of environmental problems in Eastern Caspian Sea region
Publishing date: 10 April 2006
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 April 2006- Regional environmental problems of the Eastern Caspian Sea and the impact on the local population is the focus of a workshop, organized by the Environment and Security initiative and supported by the OSCE...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...
OSCE Chairman urges Kyrgyz authorities to prioritize fight against human trafficking and money laundering
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
BISHKEK, 29 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has urged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to make the fight against human trafficking and money laundering a top priority...
OSCE workshop in Zagreb to focus on better ways to control sale of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 28 March 2006
VIENNA, 27 March, 2006- Croatia this week plays host to a two-day OSCE workshop on controlling the sale and export (brokering) of sale of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in south-eastern Europe and the Caucasus. It will be held near Zagreb...
Georgian Prime Minister welcomes OSCE involvement in seeking solutions to frozen conflicts
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
VIENNA, 27 March- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli lauded the OSCE's involvement in initiatives aimed at achieving lasting solutions to the frozen conflicts on its territory, in a speech delivered today at a special meeting of the Organization...
OSCE launches trial monitoring to improve Moldova's judiciary
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
CHISINAU, 20 March 2006- The OSCE Mission to Moldova announced today the launch of a national trial observation network to raise civil society's understanding of court procedures and to enhance citizens's trust in the judicial system...