News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Council of Europe hold high-level meeting, issue joint declaration
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, and the Secretaries General of...
Multilateral organizations rule of law pledge
Publishing date: 18 February 2005
STRASBOURG, 18 February 2005- High-level representatives of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the United Nations today pledged to work together to promote the rule of law. Rule of law was...
OSCE Presence publishes interim report on development of fair trials in Albania
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
TIRANA, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Presence in Albania has today released an Interim Report following nine months of observation of homicide, trafficking and armed robbery cases at the Tirana District Court and, after its establishment in January 2004...
OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities agree on co-operation following report on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 4 February 2005
WARSAW/BAKU, 4 February 2005- The OSCE and Azerbaijani authorities have agreed to increase their co-operation on judicial and legal reform during a visit by Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director...
OSCE Centre supports media election monitoring project in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 January 2005
BISHKEK, 28 January 2005- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Dutch Government are providing support and financial assistance to the NGOs Internews and Cimera-Kyrgyzstan to help them monitor the way media covers the 27 February parliamentary elections...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 25 January 2005
VIENNA, 25 January 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed his concern about recent cases in Poland in which journalists have been sentenced to prison terms for criminal libel. In a letter to the Polish...
OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes approval of Electoral Code amendments
Publishing date: 10 January 2005
TIRANA, 10 January 2005- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the approval of the amendments to the Electoral Code by the Assembly of the Republic of Albania, with 92 votes in favour and 10 against. "This demonstrates the political will to fulfil..