News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes high-level media events to celebrate 2004 World Press Freedom Day in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2004- A variety of events highlighting the importance of freedom of the media marked this year's celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May in Tajikistan...
Kosovo Media Commissioner looks into TV stations during March violence
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
PRISTINA, 23 April 2004- Prudent, calm and accurate journalism might have prevented or at least lessened the scale and intensity of the violence that occurred in Kosovo in mid-March, the Temporary Media Commissioner, Robert Gillette, said...
OSCE Office concerned about violence in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 April 2004
YEREVAN, 14 April 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is alarmed at recent developments in Armenia and calls on all the parties involved to resolve their differences through a political dialogue to ease tensions in the country. "The police action in...
OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...
OSCE Office condemns violence against journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
YEREVAN, 8 April 2004- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, condemned the attacks on journalists that occurred at an opposition rally in Yerevan on 5 April. Any violence against journalists should be condemned...
OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 March 2004
VIENNA, 30 March, 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, today voiced his shock at the continued spate of terrorist attacks which now have entered a third day in Uzbekistan, a participating State of the Organization...
Georgian parliamentary elections demonstrate continued progress
Publishing date: 29 March 2004
TBILISI, 29 March 2004- The 28 March parliamentary elections in Georgia demonstrated commendable progress in relation to previous elections, concludes the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...