News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission produced documentary on Roma community to premiere in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
SARAJEVO, 8 April 2004- A documentary about the Roma community, produced and filmed by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, will premiere here today, marking International Roma Day. The film, Absent: Roma in School, sheds light on the struggle...
Tajikistan reforms deserve further OSCE support, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
DUSHANBE, 8 April 2004- Visiting Tajikistan on the fourth stop of his five-day visit to the Central Asian States, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed OSCE support for further democratic development...
OSCE Office condemns violence against journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
YEREVAN, 8 April 2004- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, condemned the attacks on journalists that occurred at an opposition rally in Yerevan on 5 April. Any violence against journalists should be condemned...
Chairman-in-Office offers support to Kyrgyzstan's reform path
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
BISHKEK, 7 April 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, making the third stop on his week-long trip to Central Asian States, discussed co-operation with the OSCE during a meeting today with...
New strategy in Serbia and Montenegro aims at integrating, empowering Roma
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
BELGRADE, 7 April 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the new strategy aimed at integrating and empowering the Roma community. The strategy, which was adopted by the National Council of the Roma National Minorities, and...
OSCE Centre holds training for TV journalists on covering environmental issues
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
ALMATY, 7 April 2004- A master class for television journalists on environment issues, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Ecological Press Centre was held here from 29 March to 7 April...
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...