News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Croatia Mission calls for further training on war crimes trials, better judicial co-operation between states
Publishing date: 20 August 2004
ZAGREB, 20 August 2004- The decision by the Supreme Court of Croatia to annul the first instance verdict in the so-called Lora war crimes case and return the case for retrial indicates that additional measures are needed to ensure that all parts...
OSCE Centre holds summer camp with focus on environmental education in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
TASHKENT, 18 August 2004- A summer camp which helped promote environmental education in schools ended its work today in a mountainous area of Tashkent province. During the 12-day camp, children had a...
OSCE Centre, WWF gather young people in Tajikistan to discuss ecological degradation
Publishing date: 17 August 2004
DUSHANBE, 17 August 2004- 125 young people from the remote southern areas of Tajikistan came together at a summer camp focusing on environmental issues. The 10-day Ecological Education for Youth project, funded by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and WWF...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes seminar on combating terrorism
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
ASHGABAD, 27 July 2004- A two-day OSCE seminar aimed at providing Turkmenistan's Government with up-to-date information on legal instruments as well as policies and activities of the international community in its global fight against terrorism...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan join efforts in developing OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
BISHKEK, 22 July 2004- An agreement that gives a pioneering institute in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a formal legal status was signed today in the Kyrgyz capital by Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 July 2004
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...
OSCE events focus on probation reform in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 July 2004
BISHKEK/WARSAW, 20 July 2004-An OSCE-conference held in Bishkek on 19 and 20 July focused on reform of Kyrgyzstan's probation service, including the possibility of transferring this service from the Interior to the Justice Ministry...