News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Head discusses new programme of action with South Serbia Co-ordination Body
Publishing date: 25 October 2005
BELGRADE, 25 October 2005- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, met today with the Vice President of the Co-ordination Body for South Serbia, Razim Halimi, to discuss projects and programmes of action.
OSCE Mission holds conference on Internet and information technology in Skopje
Publishing date: 20 October 2005
SKOPJE, 20 October 2005- An international conference on information technology and the Internet, supported by the OSCE Mission and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, opened today in Skopje...
OSCE Office Head concerned over mass detentions in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
BAKU, 19 October 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi, today expressed his deep concern over the deterioration of the political situation in Azerbaijan and its potential impact on the election campaign...
OSCE Mission supports new regional Ombudsman offices
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
SKOPJE, 19 October 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today welcomed the opening of a regional Ombudsman Office in Tetovo, which will serve people both in Tetovo and in nearby villages. This office is one of six being opened this month...
OSCE Mission and USAID to help Georgia update its civil registry system
Publishing date: 17 October 2005
TBILISI, 17 October 2005- The OSCE Mission to Georgia and the US Agency for International Development are to help Georgia establish a modernized civil registry system, which will store data on...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all sides to compromise on future status of Kosovo
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
BELGRADE, 14 October 2005-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today called on authorities in both Belgrade and Pristina to be ready for compromise in the imminent negotiations on the future status of Kosovo...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains consular officials on human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
KYIV, 13 October 2005- More than 80 representatives of foreign embassies and consulates, Ukrainian ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other international organizations gathered today in Kyiv for a two-day anti-trafficking course...