News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office helps organize student essay contest on role of women in Armenia
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
YEREVAN, 8 April 2005- The winners of an essay contest on the role of women in Armenia were announced today at an award ceremony in Yerevan. They were chosen from more than 500 students...
Human rights centre in south Kyrgyzstan to be a bridge between NGOs and new authorities, OSCE Centre says
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
OSH, 8 April 2005- A new human rights resource centre in southern Kyrgyzstan was opened today by the OSCE Field Office in Osh. It is expected to serve as a bridge between local NGOs and authorities on human rights issues. It will become a platform and...
OSCE Chairman's representative urges NGOs in Kyrgyzstan to play active role in political process
Publishing date: 7 April 2005
BISHKEK, 7 April 2005- The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, urged NGOs in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday to play an active role in the political process in their country to ensure continued progress in...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar on investigative journalism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 April 2005
ALMATY, 6 April 2005- Twenty eight journalists from all corners of Kazakhstan will take part in a seminar on investigative journalism in Almaty on 6 and 7 April. The event...
OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel pays tribute to Pope John Paul II
Publishing date: 3 April 2005
LJUBLJANA, 3 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, paid tribute to the late Pope John Paul II on Sunday, describing him as probably the most important European personality of the last quarter of the 20th...
Chairman-in-Office urges unity and offers OSCE support to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 March 2005
BISHKEK, 31 March 2005- During meetings with key figures in the new Government of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Chairman D. Rupel pledged the Organization's full support to help the country move towards greater stability, unity and democracy based on...
OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned about renaming of streets
Publishing date: 25 March 2005
ZAGREB, 25 March 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that the renaming of places and streets in commemoration of people and events could prove divisive and undermine reconciliation efforts in Croatian society...