News and press releases

TASHKENT, 6 October 2003- Representatives from Uzbek prisons, the Ombudman's Office and non-governmental organizations will attend an OSCE training programme in Poland on international prison standards. The training scheme, which starts tomorrow...

SARAJEVO, 4 October 2003- Over the last two days, parliamentarians from throughout south-eastern Europe gathered in Sarajevo to discuss common social and economic development goals, and how regional contact can assist in this endeavour. The inter...

TBILISI, 3 October 2003- Demolition of dangerously unstable bombs under an OSCE project commenced this week at a former military airbase at Shiraki in Eastern Georgia. It signals the next phase of the project for the "Recycling and...

SKOPJE, 2 October 2003- The following is a joint statement by Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Alexis Brouhns, the EU Special Representative, Ambassador Donato Chiarini, the Head...

PRISTINA, 2 October 2003- The OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) will host two training sessions this week to introduce Kosovo's legal community to the reforms contained in the new Provisional Criminal Code and...

COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2003- From 9-11 October, in the Italian Parliament in Rome, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold a Conference on Religious Freedom and a...

SKOPJE, 1 October 2003- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, welcomed the entry into force today of a new law strengthening the role of the Ombudsperson. "This important law is a key step forward...