News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission condemns property rights-related violence
Publishing date: 3 May 2006
PRISTINA, 3 May 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, today strongly condemned recent violent incidents linked to property disputes...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office sees 2006 as an important milestone on Bosnia and Herzegovina's path to reform
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
SARAJEVO, 26 April 2006- During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met Bosnian Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic and the members of the Bosnian Presidency...
OSCE, Council of Europe concerned over Serbian Law on Churches and Religious Communities
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
BELGRADE, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade express their concern about certain provisions of the recently adopted Serbian Law on Churches and Religious Communities...
Georgian Prime Minister welcomes OSCE involvement in seeking solutions to frozen conflicts
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
VIENNA, 27 March- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli lauded the OSCE's involvement in initiatives aimed at achieving lasting solutions to the frozen conflicts on its territory, in a speech delivered today at a special meeting of the Organization...
Croatian seminar focuses on including national minorities in decision-making process
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
ZAGREB, 17 March 2006- Participants at a seminar on national minorities organized by the Croatian Government in Zagreb today stressed the importance of including Croatia's minority groups at all levels of decision-making and improving the co-operation...
OSCE remains major actor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says new High Representative Schwarz-Schilling
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
VIENNA, 16 March 2006- Christian Schwarz-Schilling, the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressed today the continued close co-operation between the OSCE and his Office to move the country toward full partnership with Europe...
OSCE CiO seriously concerned with the situation in Belarus
Publishing date: 6 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 3 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht is concerned about the continued detention of four prominent domestic observers in Belarus, as well as the physical aggression and detention yesterday of a....