News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Transdniestrian settlement, border issues top agenda of OSCE Chairman's visit to Moldova
Publishing date: 31 May 2006
CHISINAU, 31 May 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today urged all parties involved in the Transdniestrian question to return to the negotiating table. "We need to get the process going...
Chairman De Gucht stresses OSCE's role in promoting press freedom and tolerance
Publishing date: 29 May 2006
BRUSSELS, 29 May 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, today opened a colloquium on the role of the internet and satellite television in relations between the peoples of the OSCE, Mediterranean and Middle East countries...
OSCE Ukraine office holds anti-human trafficking training for judges
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
KYIV, 26 May 2006- A five-day OSCE training course conducted by international and local experts for Ukrainian judges on how to combat trafficking in human beings was completed today in Kyiv...
OSCE missions support regional municipal cross-border co-operation
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
PRIZREN, 25 May 2006- Local and regional officials from Kosovo, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met yesterday in Prizren, with the support of the OSCE, to discuss regional co-operation and local co-ordination on issues of mutual...
Re-opening transport routes could contribute to solving frozen conflicts, say participants at OSCE Economic Forum
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
PRAGUE, 24 May 2006- Re-opening transport routes in regions paralyzed by frozen conflicts could help promote peace, leaders said at the 14th OSCE Economic Forum, which concluded today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps produce TV series on gender issues
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
KYIV, 24 May 2006- A series of TV programmes on equal opportunities, produced with the help of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, will air on the country's UT-1 channel beginning 27 May. The programmes...
OSCE roundtable meeting in Almaty focuses on electoral reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2006
ALMATY, 19 May 2006- Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, politicians and representatives of civil society gathered today in Almaty for a roundtable discussion aimed at bringing electoral processes in Kazakhstan...