News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE conference raises awareness of women's access to economic and social resources in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2005
YSYKKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 9 October 2005- Violations of women's access to economic and social resources in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan were the focus of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which ended today in Ysykkol...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reforms during visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 5 October 2005
SKOPJE, 5 October 2005- During a day-long visit to Skopje, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel discussed the progress of democratic reforms in key areas relating to the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, which ended...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...
OSCE Mission to hold conference in Montenegro on public procurement best practices and standards
Publishing date: 22 September 2005
BELGRADE, 22 September 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, through its Office in Podgorica, will on 23 and 24 September hold a regional conference on public procurement best practices and standards in Budva, Montenegro.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns shelling of civilian area in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
LJUBLJANA, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has condemned those who launched an artillery attack last night in a populated area of Tskhinvali, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE conference on human rights and democracy opens in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
WARSAW, 19 September 2005- The implementation of the OSCE's founding document, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, as well as other commitments made since then are on the agenda of Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference, which opened today in...
OSCE Mission to hold conference in Belgrade on anti-corruption standards
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
BELGRADE, 19 September 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro will tomorrow hold a conference on anti-corruption standards in Belgrade.