News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht welcomes free and fair conduct of elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 27 March 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his satisfaction over the conduct of the 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine...
International observers of Ukraine parliamentary elections to hold press conference Monday in Kyiv
Publishing date: 26 March 2006
KYIV, 25 March 2006- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 26 March, will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference at 13:30 on Monday, 27 March at...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President briefs participating States on Belarus election
Publishing date: 22 March 2006
VIENNA, 22 March 2006- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Alcee Hastings told the Organization's participating States that the Parliamentary Assembly was willing to "continue dialogue with the Belarusian parliament and other authorities in Belarus"...
OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
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...
OSCE Belgian Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht calls for "predictable, reliable and economically acceptable energy supply"
Publishing date: 2 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 2 January 2006- The Belgian Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, is concerned about the lack of agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine regarding the conditions under which gas will be supplied in the future...
OSCE project in Ukraine helps military officers acquire new skills to find jobs
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
KYIV, 15 December 2005- Sixty Ukrainian military officers graduated today in the city of Khmelnytskyi after completing OSCE courses, designed to help them develop new professional skills. "As part of the ongoing reform of the country's Armed Forces...