News and press releases

VIENNA, 25 November 2004- The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, presented the UNODC's Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 to the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday. Following is the text...

TBILISI, 25 November 2004- International crime-fighting experts will work with Georgian officials to develop tougher measures to combat money-laundering at a two-day OSCE workshop in Tbilisi starting on Thursday. "The illegal flow of money...

SOFIA, 19 November 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said he hoped the second round of Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday would be free and fair. "I encourage the people of Ukraine to make full use of their democratic right to...

MINSK, 18 November 2004- A seminar designed to help develop the draft law on State support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) opened today in the International Business Centre (IBB) in Minsk. The two-day event...

PRISTINA, 17 November 2004- A youth camp called "Future Leaders," which aims to strengthen ties with between students and the police, will be hosted by the Kosovo Police Service School from 19 to 21 November in Vushtrri/Vucitrn. A multi-ethnic group...

BELGRADE, 17 November 2004- A strategic partnership for democratic reform of the Serbian police service was concluded today with the signing of an agreement between Serbia's Interior Ministry and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. The Ministry...

VIENNA, 16 November 2004- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has criticised the arbitrary prosecution of a Hungarian journalist under antiquated secrecy laws dating from 1976, which provide for a jail sentence of up to...