News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Over 33,000 returnee children enrolled in schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina return area
Publishing date: 20 November 2003
SARAJEVO, 20 November 2003- A statistical report on the implementation of the Interim Agreement on Returnee Children, presented today at a meeting in Banja Luka, showed that this school year over 400 school-age returnee children enrolled in schools...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributes to improvement of taxation mechanism
Publishing date: 18 November 2003
ASHGABAD, 18 November 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with the Main Tax Service of Turkmenistan has successfully completed the first phase of the joint project- 'Review and Improvement of the Taxation Mechanism'. The objective...
Sustainable business development is best conflict prevention, say OSCE seminar participants
Publishing date: 17 November 2003
VIENNA, 17 November 2003- The importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition economies and their role in economic development and employment is the topic of an international OSCE seminar that takes place in Armenia today...
Nobel economist talks to Kazakhstani journalists about oil revenue transparency
Publishing date: 17 November 2003
ALMATY, 17 November 2003- Opening a three-day OSCE co-financed workshop for Kazakhstani journalists on reporting on oil wealth and its impact on development, the Nobel laureate, Joseph Stiglitz, said that managing oil wealth was a great challenge...
OSCE, UN step up tackling environmental threats to security
Publishing date: 14 November 2003
VIENNA, 14 November 2003- The OSCE and two UN agencies today agreed on new efforts to fight environmental threats to security. Under an agreement signed in Vienna this morning, the three international organizations will jointly adress problems...
OSCE CiO urges restraint in Georgia in aftermath of elections
Publishing date: 13 November 2003
THE HAGUE, 13 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed his concern about developments following the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 2 November...
OSCE in Bishkek hosts meeting on dispute resolution for small enterprises
Publishing date: 12 November 2003
BISHKEK, 12 November 2003- More than 70 participants from Central Asia took part in an OSCE Conference in the Kyrgyz capital, dealing with the importance of dispute resolution in the creation of a favourable business environment for SMEs in