News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes human rights training for police officers
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
SKOPJE, 2 November 2005- Eleven training co-ordinators from the country's Interior Ministry were awarded certificates today at the closing ceremony for a human rights training initiative for the police, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission...
OSCE Mission organizes seminar on fair trials for Georgian judiciary
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
TBILISI, 31 October 2005- Twenty high-ranking representatives of the Georgian legal system have completed a seminar on the right to a fair trial. The sessions for representatives from all over Georgia were organized by the OSCE Mission and the...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses media related legislation in Skopje
Publishing date: 27 October 2005
SKOPJE, 27 October 2005- OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, met today with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Xhemali Mehazi, representatives of the Ministry of Justice and members of Parliament in Skopje...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue on social and economic sector priorities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 October 2005
BISHKEK, 28 October 2005- Encouraging the business community and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss joint economic priorities and policies at both national and local levels is the main goal of a roundtable organized today by the OSCE...
OSCE Mission supports new regional Ombudsman offices
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
SKOPJE, 19 October 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today welcomed the opening of a regional Ombudsman Office in Tetovo, which will serve people both in Tetovo and in nearby villages. This office is one of six being opened this month...
Chairman-in-Office stresses need for OSCE reform during visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 17 October 2005
MOSCOW, 17 October 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, today underlined in their meeting in Moscow the need for strengthening the effectiveness of the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Project Co-ordinator launch children's human rights education pilot project in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2005
KYIV, 10 October 2005- Increasing children's awareness of human rights is the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the Ukrainian...