News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe helps open first shelter for women in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 July 2005
DUSHANBE, 1 July 2005- Providing refuge for victims of domestic violence, trafficking and other forms of abuse is the aim of the first shelter for women in Tajikistan, which was opened by the OSCE Field Office in Khujand today...
OSCE-supported inter-ethnic dialogue and resource Centre opens in Kosovo
Publishing date: 30 June 2005
MITROVICE/MITROVICA, 30 June 2005- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today inaugurated the Inter-ethnic Dialogue and Resource Centre in Mitrovice/Mitrovica. "The opening of this Centre shows...
OSCE countries examine reform recommendations of Panel of Eminent Persons
Publishing date: 30 June 2005
VIENNA, 30 June 2005- The 55 OSCE States today began consideration of a report on improving the effectiveness of the Organization submitted by a Panel of Eminent Persons appointed by the Slovenian Chairmanship. The 32-page report...
OSCE Skopje Mission promotes human rights education for children
Publishing date: 30 June 2005
SKOPJE, 30 June 2005- Twenty teachers of different ethnic backgrounds will take part in a workshop on children's human rights education in Skopje on 1 July. Later on, they will be able to educate some 600 pupils all over the country. The course is...
OSCE media watchdog worried by protection of sources case in the US
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
VIENNA, 29 June 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has expressed concern over the cases of reporters Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine who have been sentenced to imprisonment...
OSCE Tashkent Centre to host meeting of Central Asian Youth Network
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
TASHKENT, 29 June 2005- Thirty-five university students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will meet on Friday in Charvak, near Tashkent, to improve their skills in teamwork, political engagement, research writing...
OSCE Mission lauds State Union Parliament resolution on Serbia and Montenegro's accession to the EU
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
BELGRADE, 29 June 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, welcomed today's adoption of a resolution on accession to the European Union by the Parliament of the State Union. "This is an important step forward for...