News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls off visit to Minsk
Publishing date: 26 August 2003
VIENNA, 26 August 2003- The OSCE's media watchdog, Freimut Duve, has been forced to cancel a visit to Belarus, planned for 1 and 2 September, because the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not given him and his senior adviser visas...
OSCE Mission condemns recent violence in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 25 August 2003
BELGRADE, 25 August 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, has condemned the series of violent incidents which took place in southern Serbia over the last two weeks, including two explosions...
OSCE Office supports project on local democracy in Belarus
Publishing date: 25 August 2003
MINSK, 25 August 2003- A delegation of six representatives from Belarusian local authorities today began a study trip to Lithuania. The five-day trip is a part of an OSCE Office in Minsk project on Local Democracy and Assistance to Local...
Media commissioner warns Kosovo dailies over inaccurate reporting on violence
Publishing date: 22 August 2003
PRISTINA, 22 August 2003- The Temporary Media Commission has monitored coverage in recent days of the attack on Serb children at Gorazhdevac with particular attention to the factual accuracy of news reports and commentary. At all times...
OSCE-UN workshop in Dushanbe discusses environmental security
Publishing date: 18 August 2003
DUSHANBE, 18 August 2003- Security-related environmental risks in Central Asia and the main difficulties in addressing them were the focus of a workshop held in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the UN...
High time to put an end to segregation in Bosnia and Herzegovina schools
Publishing date: 17 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 17 August 2003- Representatives from the Federation, the Republika Srpska, the Cantons and Brcko District have worked intensively since August 2002, with the support of international community experts, to develop and implement...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo strongly condemns killings in Peje/Pec
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
PRISTINA, 14 August 2003- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has condemned a shooting yesterday in the Peje/Pec municipality, which left two youths dead and several others seriously injured, in the strongest possible terms...