News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission, Serb Parliament announce winners of high school essay contest
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
BELGRADE, 24 June 2005- Three high school students today received their prizes in the Serbian Parliament for their entries in the "If I were the Prime Minister of Serbia" essay competition. More than 1,000 students...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about prison sentence for journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed his concern regarding the combined five year prison sentence handed down to a Russian journalist by a Smolensk court...
OSCE Mission and Serbian Interior Ministry hold regional conference on combating organized crime and illegal trade in drugs
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
BELGRADE, 23 June 2005- Developing better co-operation between police services in the Balkans to fight transnational organized crime and illegal trade in drugs was the aim of a conference that ended in Belgrade today...
OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes draft law on broadcasting
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
SKOPJE, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today welcomed the draft law on broadcasting put forth by the Government, which covers the regulation of the broadcast industry and the functioning of the public service...
Media freedom on the Internet in Central Asian countries threatened, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 20 June 2005
AMSTERDAM, 20 June 2005- Governmental over-regulation and content censorship are common in Central Asian countries and pose a serious danger to new media in the emerging internet scene, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Centre organizes national forum to draw up new economic programme for Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
BISHKEK, 17 June 2005- Kyrgyzstan's leading economic policy-makers met at a national forum in Bishkek today to discuss the country's future economic programme. Reform of several sectors of the economy to achieve sustainable development and reduce...
OSCE Centre organizes human rights legislation courses in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 June 2005
ASHGABAT, 17 June 2005- International human rights standards and mechanisms to implement and protect them were the focus of training courses held from 6 to 17 June in Turkmenbashi and Mary. Organized by the OSCE Centre...