News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairman-in-Office discusses Nagorno-Karabakh prospects during visit to Armenia
Publishing date: 5 March 2002
YEREVAN, 5 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Foreign Minister, Dr. Jaime Gama, visited Yerevan on 4 and 5 March at the start of his planned four-day visit to the South Caucasus, which will also include trips to...
OSCE Head of Mission welcomes formation of government in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 March 2002
PRISTINA, 4 March 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, has welcomed the formation of a Government in Kosovo. Political deadlock had been preventing this important development since the elections for...
OSCE expresses concern on "parliamentary elections" in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 1 March 2002
LISBON, 1 March 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, expressed his deep concern at the intention of the Abkhaz leadership to conduct...
OSCE welcomes agreement on establishment of Provisional Institutions of Self-government in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 March 2002
VIENNA, 1 March 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has welcomed the agreement reached in Kosovo between its political leaders on the election...
Informal talks at OSCE retreat
Publishing date: 25 February 2002
COPENHAGEN, 25 February 2002-- On 23 and 24 February, a retreat was held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg for Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Committee on Transparency and Accountability
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting addressed by Austrian President
Publishing date: 22 February 2002
VIENNA, 22 February 2002- "I see the holding of the First Winter Meeting in the premises of the OSCE as a further step towards strengthening the Parliamentary dimension of OSCE activities" stated the President of Austria, Dr. Thomas Klestil...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee meets in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
VIENNA, 21 February 2002- The Standing Committee of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) met in Vienna prior to the first Winter Meeting of the Assembly...