News and press releases

SOFIA, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed regret over the deaths of two Ossetian members of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. "I deeply regret...

ALMATY, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty supports continued efforts of the Government of Kazakhstan to combat corruption, money laundering and economic crime, said its Head, Ambassador Ivar Vikki. Speaking at...

BELGRADE, 13 October 2004- Raising awareness of the need for multi-cultural and multi-ethnic co-existence is the aim of the "Municipal Award for Tolerance 2004" scheme, launched today by Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to...

WARSAW, 12 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an observation mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the 7 November referendum on the Law on Territorial Organization, which sets out...

SKOPJE, 12 October 2004- The third phase of free legal advice project, entitled Lawyers in Municipalities, began today in the towns of Lipkovo, Aracinovo, Bogovinje and Kamenjane. Initiated and financed by the OSCE's Skopje mission, the project offers...

TBILISI, 12 October 2004- Head of OSCE Mission to Georgia today welcomed the Georgian Parliament's adoption of its new Code of Conduct as another step towards strengthened democratic values and public accountability. "I recognize the Parliament's...

WARSAW/MINSK, 11 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission to the 17 October parliamentary elections in Belarus has recently been the object of sustained negative and aggressive...