News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents awards to environmental journalists
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
YEREVAN, 13 January 2004- Awards for the best TV, radio programmes and newspaper articles on environmental issues were presented yesterday in the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "The media has a special role to play...
OSCE PA, ODIHR to lead observation of Parliamentary Elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 24 December 2003
COPENHAGEN, 24 December 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office has appointed OSCE PA Vice-President Ihor Ostash (Ukraine) as his Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Serbia...
OSCE PA, ODIHR to lead observation of presidential elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 December 2003
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2003- The incoming OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has appointed OSCE PA President Bruce George to lead the Short Term OSCE Observation Mission for 2004 presidential elections in Georgia...
New Croatian government faces key test on human rights implementation, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 16 December 2003
ZAGREB, 16 December 2003- A new report issued by the OSCE Mission to Croatia urges the new Croatian government to ensure that key human rights issues are dealt with as priorities. "The new Government inherits a mixed legacy, on the one hand, the...
OSCE Mission calls for consolidation of democracy in Serbia's parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 15 December 2003
BELGRADE, 15 December 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro believes that the Serbian parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 December will be an important moment for the consolidation of democracy in Serbia. It is the Mission's hope...
OSCE Almaty roundtable to focus on problem of juvenile delinquency
Publishing date: 12 December 2003
ALMATY, 12 December 2003- Discussion of the legal status of under-aged offenders who are not criminally liable due to their youth will bring together Kazakhstan's human rights experts at a roundtable next week. In criminological terminology...
OSCE Centre concludes its project on civil procedural code in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 10 December 2003
ASHGABAD, 10 December 2003- The final roundtable of a series of five on the draft of the civil procedural code of Turkmenistan ended today. The events were organized by the OSCE Centre, in co-operation with the Turkmen government...