News and press releases

TBILISI, 15 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed concern over the current situation around Ajara at the start of a visit to Georgia and called upon both sides to exercise restraint and use...

VIENNA, 12 March 2004- A two-day counter-terrorism meeting in Vienna ended on Friday with a call for greater co-operation between international, regional and sub-regional organizations in strengthening common defences against terrorism...

THE HAGUE, 12 March 2004- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, visited the Russian Federation on 9-11 March as part of his ongoing dialogue with the Russian Government. During the visit...

VIENNA, 11 March 2004- A UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference in Vienna began on Thursday with a minute's silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day...

SOFIA, 11 March 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, condemned Thursday's terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid and offered his condolences to the people of Spain. "I am utterly appalled...

VIENNA, 9 March 2004- Miklos Haraszti has been appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with effect from 10 March 2004. In a letter announcing Haraszti's appointment for a period of three years, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian...

SKOPJE, 5 March 2004- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, paid tribute to the late President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, after attending the funeral service in Skopje...