News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Croatia and Central State Administration Office support establishment of permanent election body
Publishing date: 13 December 2005
ZAGREB, 13 December 2005- The establishment of a permanent and independent State Election Commission was today supported by participants of a meeting in the Sabor (Parliament). The event, organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and...
Counter-terrorism: OSCE holds workshop in Almaty on travel document security
Publishing date: 9 December 2005
ALMATY, 9 December 2005- The first Central Asian regional workshop on the handling and issuance of travel documents co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the OSCE Secretariat's Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) and hosted by the Kazakh...
OSCE institutions stress vital role of civil society in promoting human rights
Publishing date: 9 December 2005
VIENNA/WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 9 December 2005- Civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played an essential role in promoting OSCE values since its establishment 30 years ago. It is essential that the Organization continues to support...
Chairman-in-Office urges Uzbekistan to allow OSCE monitors into closed trials of alleged terrorists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
LJUBLJANA, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has written to the Uzbek Government, recalling its promise to give international observers the opportunity to monitor trials arising from the violent...
OSCE Mission concerned about developments in Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
BELGRADE, 2 December 2005- "The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is concerned by a number of recent developments in and surrounding the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia...
Croatian Ministers and OSCE Mission launch media campaign on return and reintegration of refugees
Publishing date: 1 December 2005
ZAGREB, 1 December 2005- Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Transport and Development Minister Bozidar Kalmeta, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Jorge Fuentes, presented yesterday a media campaign on...
OSCE Mission organizes crisis response training course for Georgian Interior Ministry staff
Publishing date: 28 November 2005
TBILISI, 28 November 2005- Creating an effective crisis response to incidents of terrorism is the aim of an OSCE-organized training course for 21 middle-ranking Georgian Interior Ministry officials, starting today in Tbilisi. The course...