News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Irish official named new OSCE Senior Police Adviser
Publishing date: 1 February 2006
VIENNA, 1 February 2006- The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, announced today the appointment of Kevin Carty from Ireland as the Organization's new Senior Police Advisor...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports first aid training course for border police
Publishing date: 30 January 2006
SKOPJE, 30 January 2006- Improving the first aid skills of border police officers is the aim of a three-week training course which starts today at the Military Hospital in Skopje. Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations...
OSCE Chairman welcomes stepped-up fight against organized crime by authorities in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman De Gucht has welcomed the opening of a new department for the prosecution of criminal perpetrators in the area of organized crime and corruption within the Public Prosecution Office in Skopje...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports mediation training in remote village of Urvic
Publishing date: 27 December 2005
SKOPJE, 27 December 2005- Improving communication between school management and parents, and raising public awareness on the decentralization of education in rural communities was the aim of a series of OSCE workshops in the remote village of Urvic...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports Ombudsman staff training
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
SKOPJE, 15 December, 2005- A training course for Ombudsman deputies and investigators on professional and standardised case handling procedures, and good governance ended today in Skopje. The event, aimed at improving...
Roma community leaders benefit from OSCE Mission to Skopje workshop on decentralization
Publishing date: 9 December 2005
SKOPJE, 9 December, 2005- Increasing the knowledge of Roma municipal councillors and community leaders about the country's decentralization process is the aim of a four-day workshop, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, which...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office says participating States have "no free ride" on adhering to their commitments
Publishing date: 6 December 2005
LJUBLJANA, 6 December 2005- Closing the 13th Ministerial Council of the OSCE on Tuesday, the Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, reminded States that they could not expect "a free ride" when it came to living up to the...