News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE CiO disappointed by outcome of Serbian Parliamentary vote on Broadcasting Agency Council
Publishing date: 16 July 2003
THE HAGUE, 16 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is disappointed by the results of yesterday's vote of the Serbian Parliament on the Broadcasting Agency Council...
International community presents plan for integration of Mostar schools
Publishing date: 16 July 2003
MOSTAR, 16 July 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has presented officials and citizens of Mostar with a plan for the integration of two gymnasia (secondary schools), currently separated by the Boulevard in the centre of town...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over Ukraine adopting additional restrictive legislation against journalists
Publishing date: 15 July 2003
VIENNA, 15 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed dismay over the decision by the Ukrainian Parliament to outlaw the protection of journalists' sources. On 9 July the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a...
OSCE distributes human rights texts to Kosovo's courts
Publishing date: 15 July 2003
PRISTINA, 15 July 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is providing courtrooms with a Serbian translation of a key legal reference work on European standards of human rights. The casebook "Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights" (Izvod...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports creation of trial observation network
Publishing date: 15 July 2003
SKOPJE, 15 July 2003- A new trial observation programme, run by NGOs and supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, is aimed at restoring public confidence in the legal system and the judiciary. The project will highlight areas...
OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...
OSCE meeting on reform of Azerbaijan's border service opens in Baku
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
BAKU, 14 July 2003- An OSCE roundtable on the reform of Azerbaijan's border guard service opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku. The two-day event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the...