News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-UN call for action to combat small arms trafficking
Publishing date: 12 March 2003
BRDO, SLOVENIA, 12 March 2003- Measures taken to combat small arms trafficking in south-eastern Europe were subjected to the scrutiny of government and NGO experts at a two-day meeting held in Brdo. The meeting wrapped up today with...
Security and access to services remain a concern for minorities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 March 2003
PRISTINA, 10 March 2003- Improvements in the conditions of minority communities remain limited to certain areas in Kosovo or to certain groups, according to the latest OSCE/UNHCR assessment on the situation of minorities. The tenth...
Draft Tajik law on gender equality discussed at OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 10 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 10 March 2003- Participants in an OSCE roundtable in Dushanbe welcomed the initiative of the Tajik Government to draft a law on gender equality. "This roundtable proves that the Government is seriously directing its attention at...
OSCE Skopje Mission co-organizes business training for young entrepreneurs
Publishing date: 6 March 2003
SKOPJE, 6 March 2003- Twenty-five young future entrepreneurs from six municipalities in the Macedonian Kicevo valley will participate on Saturday, 8 March, in a teaching workshop to develop creative business concepts and the basic...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opens field office in Kulyab
Publishing date: 3 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 3 March 2003- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe has opened a new Field Office in Kulyab, some 200 km. to the southeast of Tajikistan's capital. "There is no doubt that in Kulyab the OSCE will bring a very useful contribution, and that...
OSCE Skopje Mission organizes youth leadership conference
Publishing date: 27 February 2003
SKOPJE, 27 February 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Nansen Dialogue Centre (NDC) will host their second joint Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) at the Makpetrol Hotel in Mavrovo between 28 February and 2 March. The...
Local authorities have key role in Croatia's EU path, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
ZAGREB, 20 February 2003- Local authorities will have an important role to play in the process of fulfilling political criteria necessary for EU membership, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said at the...