News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania supports regional workshop on women's participation in elections
Publishing date: 25 June 2004
TIRANA, 25 June 2003- The participation of women in elections will be the focus of a regional workshop supported by the OSCE Presence in Albania which will take place on Saturday, 26 June, in Tirana...
OSCE Centre trains Turkmen customs officials in English language and use of computers
Publishing date: 25 June 2004
ASHGABAD, 25 June 2004- Up to 90 customs officials in Turkmenistan will take part in three-month training sessions to improve their English language skills and knowledge of computers...
OSCE announces that confidence- and security-building agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina will end in September 2004
Publishing date: 24 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO for Articles II and IV, General Claudio Zappulla, announced today that the Agreement on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina will end in September...
OSCE Mission sponsors training courses on human rights and trafficking cases
Publishing date: 24 June 2004
SKOPJE, 24 June 2004- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje will sponsor several training courses for legal professionals to help them ensure that human rights are respected during investigations and prosecutions of trafficking cases...
OSCE Chairman calls for focus on new areas in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called on Wednesday on the OSCE States to focus on new areas such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials in the fight against terrorism...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about deportation of journalist from Belarus
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his serious concern about the decision on 21 June by the Belarusian security services, the KGB, to deport Mihail Padalyak, a journalist from the...
OSCE Chairman calls for strong turnout in presidential elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy called on the people of Serbia on Wednesday to ensure a strong turnout in the second round of presidential elections on Sunday...