News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission organizes youth leadership conference
Publishing date: 27 February 2003
SKOPJE, 27 February 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Nansen Dialogue Centre (NDC) will host their second joint Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) at the Makpetrol Hotel in Mavrovo between 28 February and 2 March. The...
OSCE Media Representative responds to criticism from Italian parliamentarian
Publishing date: 25 February 2003
VIENNA, 25 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has responded to criticism from an Italian member of Parliament regarding his position on the concentration of media ownership in Italy. During the...
OSCE's economic and environmental dimension highlighted at Bishkek workshop
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
BISHKEK, 20 February 2003- Participants at an OSCE workshop in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Thursday said more attention should be paid to the economic and environmental dimension of the 55-nation Organization's approach to security...
Kosovo needs greater protection for vulnerable persons in society, says OSCE report
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
PRISTINA, 20 February 2003- The state of social welfare and the protection of vulnerable persons does not come easily and cheap to Kosovo, but standards are improving, states a new report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The observations...
Conference on local government reform in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
PRISTINA, 17 February 2003- The second of three conferences on decentralisation and reform of local government in Kosovo started in Pristina today. The event, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovar Institute for...
Ambassador Heyken: Belarus and OSCE to make fresh start
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
MINSK, 17 February 2003- Belarus and the OSCE are to "open a new page" in their relations, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, said on Monday. "My endeavour will be to establish an atmosphere of trust and mutual...
Head of Belgrade Mission unveils plan of action to assist Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 13 February 2003
BELGRADE, 13 February 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today made his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna and unveiled the Mission's plan of action to assist the State Union...