News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom office trains government press secretaries and journalists in Baku
Publishing date: 18 July 2005
BAKU, 18 July 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Mahmud Mammad-Quliyev, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, today opened a three-day training seminar for 27 governmental press secretaries and local journalists.
OSCE Office organizes seminar on leadership skills for Armenian students
Publishing date: 18 July 2005
YEREVAN, 18 July 2005- Enhancing leadership and communication skills in the areas of democracy, civil society, rule of law, and promoting a healthy lifestyle was the focus of a seminar for Armenian students that ended yesterday in Tsakhkadzor...
Kosovo Judicial Institute important for rule of law, OSCE Head of Mission says
Publishing date: 18 July 2005
PRISTINA, 18 July 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today welcomed the initiative of the Assembly of Kosovo Committee on Judicial, Legislative and Constitutional Framework Matters to urge the adoption of a draft law on the Kosovo Judicial...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reform during visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
MOSCOW, 13 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, discussed international terrorism, developments in Central Asia and Moldova and OSCE reform with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday.
First group of Georgian border guards graduate from OSCE Mission's intensive training programme
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
TBILISI, 12 July 2005- A group of 77 Georgian border guards, newly equipped with specialist skills, are the first people to graduate from a four-week OSCE Mission to Georgia Training Assistance Programme course. "By the end of this summer, nearly 400...
OSCE Centre holds environmental summer camp for young people in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
ALMATY, 11 July 2005- Young people from several villages near the former nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk are participating in a ten-day summer camp organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty to learn about radiation safety and environmental issues...
OSCE Kosovo Mission welcomes signing of Independent Media Commission law
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
PRISTINA, 11 July 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today welcomed the signing of a law on the Independent Media Commission by the UN Special Representative, Soeren Jessen-Petersen. "Free, independent and professional electronic media are crucial...