News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence and Albanian Interior Ministry organize meeting on voter list reform
Publishing date: 1 February 2006
TIRANA, 1 February 2006- Reform of voter list compilation was the focus of a roundtable organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Interior Ministry. Participants found that a decentralized model of preparing voter lists...
Chairman says OSCE playing role of honest broker in southern Caucasus
Publishing date: 25 January 2006
YEREVAN, 25 January 2006- On the first leg of his visit to the southern Caucasus, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held discussions with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, and...
Frozen conflicts and organized crime priorities for 2006 says new OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht
Publishing date: 12 January 2006
VIENNA, 12 January 2006- The new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht said today solving frozen conflicts in former Soviet states and tackling organized crime would be among the main priorities in the year ahead...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office encouraged by agreement on gas supplies between Russia and Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 4 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said today he was pleased an agreement had been found between the Russian Federation and Ukraine over the future supply of gas...
Belgium to take over Chairmanship of OSCE on 1 January
Publishing date: 1 January 2006
VIENNA, 30 December 2005- Belgium will officially take over the Chairmanship of the OSCE from Slovenia on 1 January 2006, with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht succeeding his Slovenian counterpart, Dimitrij Rupel, as Chairman-in-Office...
OSCE Centre supports environmental journalism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 December 2005
ASHGABAD, 29 December 2005- Staff members of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad today took part in an award ceremony for journalists from Turkmenistan, who took part and won prizes at the Fifth Central Asian Festival of Environmental Journalism...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports strengthening of independent judiciary in the country
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
SKOPJE, 28 December 2005- Increasing the transparency and independence of the judicial system was the goal of an OSCE-sponsored workshop that ended in Skopje. Thirty-five participants, including...