News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office supports small and medium-size enterprise development in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 November 2005
YEREVAN, 4 November 2005- Creating a better economic climate for entrepreneurs and small and medium-size enterprises in Armenia is the aim of a two-day international conference which started today in Yerevan. The event, co-organized by the...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes human rights training for police officers
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
SKOPJE, 2 November 2005- Eleven training co-ordinators from the country's Interior Ministry were awarded certificates today at the closing ceremony for a human rights training initiative for the police, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...
OSCE Mission organizes seminar on fair trials for Georgian judiciary
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
TBILISI, 31 October 2005- Twenty high-ranking representatives of the Georgian legal system have completed a seminar on the right to a fair trial. The sessions for representatives from all over Georgia were organized by the OSCE Mission and the...
OSCE Central Asian Youth Network welcomes its second year graduates
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 31 October 2005- Over 30 students from all over Central Asia are taking part in an international conference in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, to mark the end of the second year of activities within the OSCE Central Asian Youth Network...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses media related legislation in Skopje
Publishing date: 27 October 2005
SKOPJE, 27 October 2005- OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, met today with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Xhemali Mehazi, representatives of the Ministry of Justice and members of Parliament in Skopje...
OSCE trains 90 Russian election observers
Publishing date: 26 October 2005
WARSAW, 26 October 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will today train around 90 Russian officials for participation in future election observation missions. The course will take place at the Diplomatic Academy...