News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman's representative urges NGOs in Kyrgyzstan to play active role in political process
Publishing date: 7 April 2005
BISHKEK, 7 April 2005- The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, urged NGOs in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday to play an active role in the political process in their country to ensure continued progress in...
Bosnia and Herzegovina election commission fully nationalised
Publishing date: 3 April 2005
SARAJEVO, 3 April 2005- The High Representative Paddy Ashdown today issued a Decision withdrawing the three international members from the BiH Election Commission, effective from the end of June 2005. The international members...
Chairman-in-Office urges unity and offers OSCE support to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 March 2005
BISHKEK, 31 March 2005- During meetings with key figures in the new Government of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Chairman D. Rupel pledged the Organization's full support to help the country move towards greater stability, unity and democracy based on...
OSCE Chairman urges all sides to seize opportunity to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 31 March 2005
YEREVAN, 30 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, encouraged all parties to make full use of the existing window of opportunity to accelerate the process of reaching a solution for the Nagorno-Karabakh...
OSCE Centre organizes Internet training course for Kazakh regional journalists
Publishing date: 29 March 2005
ALMATY, 29 March- Forty Kazakh regional journalists took part in Internet training courses organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty on 25 and 26 March in Pavlodar and on 28 and 29 March in Taraz...
OSCE media freedom representative praises new Belgian law on protection of journalistic sources, calls for US lawmakers to pass similar legislation
Publishing date: 22 March 2005
VIENNA, 22 March 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed a new Belgian law which gives journalists additional safeguard by protecting their sources. "For journalists...
Opening of secret service files important for democracy and justice in Serbia and Montenegro, OSCE mission head says
Publishing date: 5 March 2005
BELGRADE, 5 March 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, today said the opening of secret service files was very important for the democratic culture and the protection of individual rights in the country. "The...