News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media watchdog's office ends training seminar to improve reporting of governmental information in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 19 July 2006
BAKU, 20 July 2006- An OSCE-organized seminar aiming to improve public access to government information by strengthening relations between authorities and the media concluded today in Baku...
Montenegrin Foreign Minister welcomes broad and durable mandate for new OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 18 July 2006
VIENNA, 18 July, 2006- In his first address to the OSCE's Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Miodrag Vlahovic, anticipated the rapid signing of an official memorandum to support a new OSCE Mission, based in Podgorica...
OSCE Mission urges Serbian Assembly to avoid hasty adoption of amendments to broadcasting law
Publishing date: 18 July 2006
BELGRADE, 18 July 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia today called upon the Serbian Assembly to reconsider the urgent procedure of adopting amendments to the broadcasting law and allow time for public discussion...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe organizes summer school on international law and human rights
Publishing date: 17 July 2006
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 17 July 2006- University students are learning about human rights and mechanisms to protect those rights during a summer school co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and Tajikistan's Bureau on Human Rights and the Rule of Law...
OSCE and partners organize Tajik-Afghan meeting in Dushanbe on ecological co-operation
Publishing date: 17 July 2006
DUSHANBE, 17 July 2006- Designing a programme of joint action on environmental protection between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, was the aim of a meeting, initiated by the Environment and Security Initiative partners, held in Dushanbe on Friday...
Russian and US OSCE Missions plan conference to boost public-private sector action against terrorism
Publishing date: 17 July 2006
VIENNA, 17 July 2006- In an effort to develop closer public and private sector co-operation in the fight against terrorism, the Russian and U.S. Missions to the OSCE have tabled a joint proposal to hold an international conference...
OSCE supports OECD in developing investment initiative for Central Asia and Black Sea regions
Publishing date: 14 July 2006
ISTANBUL, 14 July 2006- The OSCE joined forces with the OECD at a July 11-12 conference in Turkey to develop an initiative to better coordinate efforts to attract more investment to the Central Asia and Black Sea regions...