News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre holds workshop in Ashgabad on combating illicit spread of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 3 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 3 November 2006- Ways to identify and trace small arms and light weapons, including man portable air defence systems, are being discussed at an OSCE-organized workshop that ends in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps young people expand knowledge on economy and politics
Publishing date: 3 November 2006
SKOPJE, 3 November 2006- A group of 36 young people and teachers will take part in a study tour to Skopje tomorrow as part of a project to promote inter-ethnic dialogue and empower them to become more active citizens through...
OSCE conference discusses media freedom in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 2 November 2006
TBILISI, 2 November 2006- Challenges and prospects for the privatized and privately owned media in the South Caucasus are the focus of the third annual OSCE Media Conference, hosted by the Government of Georgia, which opened in Tbilisi today...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion of decision-making process on environmental matters in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 October 2006
ALMATY, 31 October 2006- The OSCE Centre in Almaty has organized roundtable discussions in Atyrau, Almaty, Astana and Karaganda this month on the role of the communities in the decision-making process on environmental matters...
OSCE starts community policing project in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 October 2006
YEREVAN, 30 October 2006- As part of its Police Assistance Programme for Armenia, the OSCE today kicked off a community policing project in Yerevan, which aims at improving the co-operation between the country's police forces and the public...
Training school for local civil servants presented by OSCE Croatia Mission and State Administration
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
ZAGREB, 27 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and the country's Central State Administration Office launched a training academy for officials and employees in local and regional self-government units in Zagreb today...
Georgian Prime Minister calls for implementation of South Ossetia peace plan, suggests increase of OSCE monitors
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
VIENNA, 27 October 2006- Georgia's Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli, speaking at the OSCE Permanent Council today, called for implementation of an OSCE-approved peace plan for Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia...