News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...
OSCE Mission and Novi Sad District Court hold roundtable on training of court interns
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
NOVI SAD, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Novi Sad District Court held a first joint roundtable today to present and critically assess the training programme of interns developed by the Court...
OSCE Office: Boosting NGOs' advocacy skills is essential for democratic process in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 8 July 2004
BAKU, 8 July 2004- Campaigning techniques, lobbying and negotiation skills are the key components of a training course launched today by the OSCE Office in Baku. The project, aimed at building the capacity of NGOs to conduct public advocacy campaigns...
OSCE Skopje Mission sponsors police reform workshop
Publishing date: 7 July 2004
SKOPJE, 7 July 2004- An OSCE-sponsored workshop on the involvement of civil society in police reform began in Skopje today. The event aims at identifying areas in which NGOs can provide input and work together with the police in the reform...
OSCE Mission welcomes Croatia's refugee return policy, calls for further action
Publishing date: 6 July 2004
ZAGREB, 6 June 2004- A report issued by the OSCE Mission to Croatia today welcomed the Croatian Government's commitment on refugee return and reconciliation and calls for further action to put this policy into practice. The Head of the OSCE Mission to...
OSCE Centre to hold training course for law faculty staff in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 July 2004
TASHKENT, 5 July 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent will on Tuesday begin a five-day training course on interactive teaching methods for academic staff members working in Uzbekistan's law faculties...
OSCE/ODIHR assists Kazakhstan's Judicial Academy in launching magistrate programme
Publishing date: 2 July 2004
ALMATY/WARSAW, 2 July 2004- A workshop in Almaty from 5 to 9 July will help develop a policy strategy for the Judicial Academy, a recently established training institution for future and sitting judges under the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. It is...