News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Meeting on Roma and Sinti boosts preparation of OSCE Action Plan
Publishing date: 10 April 2003
VIENNA, 10 April 2003- A special two-day OSCE meeting on Roma and Sinti has provided a strong impetus for the preparation of an Action Plan to be adopted in December by the Organization's main decision-making body, the Ministerial Council. More...
OSCE Croatia Mission welcomes election law changes, urges prompt application of minority law
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
ZAGREB, 3 April 2003- Ambassador Peter Semneby, Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, has welcomed yesterday's adoption of changes to Croatia's election law by Parliament, providing national minorities in the country with fairer representation. At...
OSCE Skopje Mission co-organizes business training for young entrepreneurs in Kumanovo
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
SKOPJE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and a non-profit organization, the Southeast Europe Enterprise Development (SEED), will organize two youth entrepreneur workshops in Kumanovo on 4 and 7 April...
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...
OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...
Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...
OSCE welcomes progress in reforming Albania's election law, urges swift resolution on remaining issues
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
TIRANA, 1 April 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the consensual agreement by the bi-partisan committee of the Albanian parliament on improvements to the...