News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Baku Office trains journalists in human trafficking reporting
Publishing date: 8 February 2006
BAKU, 8 February 2006- Thirty-five journalists from different media outlets in Azerbaijan took part in a seminar on reporting on human trafficking issues, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative defends papers' right to publish controversial cartoons, asks for mutual respect for traditions
Publishing date: 3 February 2006
VIENNA, 3 February 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, defended the traditional right of a free press to publish satirical cartoons, even if they depict figures in established religions. Commenting on the recent...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports first aid training course for border police
Publishing date: 30 January 2006
SKOPJE, 30 January 2006- Improving the first aid skills of border police officers is the aim of a three-week training course which starts today at the Military Hospital in Skopje. Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations...
OSCE and Yad Vashem publish guidelines for teachers to commemorate Holocaust victims
Publishing date: 27 January 2006
BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM, 27 January 2006- Marking the first international Day for Holocaust remembrance, Yad Vashem and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights have published guidelines for educators on commemoration for Holocaust...
Chairman says all sides in southern Caucasus showing will for solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 26 January 2006
MOSCOW, 26 January 2006- Concluding his first visit to the southern Caucasus, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht held discussions in Baku with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and the representative...
Chairman says OSCE playing role of honest broker in southern Caucasus
Publishing date: 25 January 2006
YEREVAN, 25 January 2006- On the first leg of his visit to the southern Caucasus, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held discussions with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, and...
Economic forum in Vienna focuses on secure transport networks in OSCE region
Publishing date: 23 January 2006
VIENNA, 23 January 2006- Secure transportation networks in the OSCE region and the development of transport links as a way to enhance regional economic co-operation and stability is the theme of the 14th Economic Forum, which opened today in Vienna...