News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre to train Uzbek journalists on reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 February 2004
TASHKENT, 17 February 2004- Twenty journalists from different media outlets in Uzbekistan will undergo an OSCE training course on covering the problem of human trafficking. The intensive five-day course, which starts on Thursday is organized as...
Foreign Minister says refugee return top priority for Croatia
Publishing date: 16 February 2004
VIENNA, 16 February 2004- Croatian Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul today said that the new government in Zagreb was sincerely committed to implementing the highest international standards in the field of minority rights...
Kazakhstan's young journalists take part in OSCE-sponsored master classes
Publishing date: 16 February 2004
ATYRAU, 16 February 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty's first master class training for young journalists kicked off today in Kazakhstan's Caspian port city of Atyrau. The programme is aimed at giving students and young professionals the...
International organizations review threats to security and stability
Publishing date: 13 February 2004
VIENNA, 13 February 2004- High-level representatives of the United Nations (UN), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) met today, in Vienna, to discuss how to respond to threats to...
Serb, Montenegrin police officers complete internal investigation course in the UK
Publishing date: 13 February 2004
BELGRADE, 13 February 2004- The first specialised training course on internal affairs investigation for members of both the Serbian and the Montenegrin interior ministries finished last week in the UK. Supported by the OSCE Mission, six officers...
OSCE seminar brings Tajik authorities and NGOs together for prison reform talks
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 12 February 2004- Representatives of more than 30 NGOs, international organizations and the Tajik Government discussed prison reform for this Central Asian state at a three-day seminar that ended today. Initiated by the Tajik...
OSCE CiO proposes closer co-operation with EU and NATO on Mediterranean issues
Publishing date: 10 February 2004
MUNICH, 11 February 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, urged the OSCE, the European Union and NATO to co-operate more closely on issues related to their Mediterranean partner states...