News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
High time to put an end to segregation in Bosnia and Herzegovina schools
Publishing date: 17 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 17 August 2003- Representatives from the Federation, the Republika Srpska, the Cantons and Brcko District have worked intensively since August 2002, with the support of international community experts, to develop and implement...
OSCE meeting tries to resolve NGO registration issues in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 12 August 2003
BAKU, 12 August 2003- The problems facing local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in registering with state authorities is the focus of a meeting which opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku. Through this meeting, which is the first in a...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina urges return of teachers
Publishing date: 5 August 2003
SARAJEVO, 5 August 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, Robert M. Beecroft, urged education ministries and school directors to take extra steps to encourage returnee teachers to apply for teaching vacancies, which are being issued this week...
Council of Europe Secretary General highlights human trafficking in OSCE address
Publishing date: 24 July 2003
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, today stressed the need for co-ordinated and decisive action by European institutions in consolidating democracy and the rule of law...
OSCE Office underlines media freedom on Azeri National Press Day
Publishing date: 22 July 2003
BAKU, 22 July 2003- Congratulating the Azeri media on the occasion of National Press Day, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku underlined the importance of free media for Azerbaijan's democracy. "This event should remind us of the significance of...
OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of Ombudsman Law in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 July 2003
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 10 July 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, has welcomed the recent adoption of the Law on the protector of human rights and freedoms (Ombudsman-type law) in...