News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission gives additional support to the Office of the Serbian Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
BELGRADE, 9 February 2005- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today met Serbia's Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime to discuss further co-operation on fighting organized crime...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents textbook on OSCE to mark Office's 5th Anniversary
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
YEREVAN, 9 February 2005- A textbook entitled "OSCE history, principles and perspectives" was presented today on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative criticises sentencing of Austrian author in Greece
Publishing date: 8 February 2005
VIENNA, 9 February 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern over a six-month suspended prison sentence for blasphemy imposed by a Greek court on Austrian author Gerhard Haderer over his comic book...
OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on co-operation between prosecutors of Serbia and Croatia
Publishing date: 5 February 2005
BELGRADE, 5 February 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the signing of a co-operation agreement between the Public Prosecutor and War Crimes Prosecutor of Serbia and the State...
OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities agree on co-operation following report on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
WARSAW/BAKU, 4 February 2005- The OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to increase their co-operation on judicial and legal reform during a visit by Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director...
Redrawing Albanian electoral zones: a need for further work seen by OSCE Presence and Council of Europe
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
TIRANA, 4 February 2005- The OSCE Presence and the Office of the Council of Europe in Albania express their regret that the Expert Working Group on redrawing Albanian electoral zones, which both organizations have supported, has not so far been able...
OSCE Centre and French agency launch water management project in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
DUSHANBE, 4 February 2005- A new project worth 900,000 USD will help villagers in rural areas of Tajikistan get more clean water, improve water infrastructures, and obtain basic knowledge about ecological agriculture. The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and...