News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE urged to support further European integration efforts of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 5 February 2004
VIENNA, 5 February 2004- In her speech to the OSCE's Permanent Council, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ilinka Mitreva, praised the work of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in helping to transform...
OSCE to hold workshop for women entrepreneurs in rural Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 January 2004
BISHKEK, 28 January 2004- A workshop to encourage women to start small businesses in rural areas will open tomorrow in Kyrgyzstan. The two-day event, organised by the OSCE...
Enlarged EU sees OSCE as support for democratic development, says Irish EU Presidency
Publishing date: 22 January 2004
VIENNA, 22 January 2004- As the European Union expands, it will look to the OSCE for continued promotion of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and institution-building, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche said...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office pledges closer co-operation with NATO
Publishing date: 21 January 2004
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, pledged to strengthen co-operation with NATO at a meeting with the Alliance's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday...
Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...
OSCE Mission Head and Croatian PM discuss key OSCE and EU issues
Publishing date: 14 January 2004
ZAGREB, 14 January 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, today met the newly-elected Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr. Ivo Sanader, to discuss how best the OSCE Mission can support Croatia in fulfilling...
OSCE campaign to focus on health hazards of old Kyrgyz uranium mines
Publishing date: 9 January 2004
BISHKEK, 9 January 2004- A week-long public information campaign in Kyrgyzstan will try to raise awareness of the health problems posed by radioactive waste dumps at Mailuu-Suu in the south of the country, which threaten a wider region with...