News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BiH selects 10 winning visions for better schools
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- Ten winning projects have been selected from over 250 entries to the Student Competition of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The projects describe the students' visions of better schools and are...
OSCE poll shows public has no confidence in BiH leaders to fight corruption
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- A country-wide opinion poll commissioned by the OSCE reveals a public unified in its expectation that the public utility companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina be reformed. According to the poll, almost 70 per cent say...
OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes EU forces
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, welcomed the European Union military force (EUFOR) that took over the monitor and support operation from NATO yesterday. He expressed...
Prosecutors Discuss Legal Reform
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
SKOPJE, 31 March 2003- More than 80 public prosecutors gathered over the past weekend in Star Dojran to participate in a legal seminar facilitated by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
Head of OSCE Centre in Dushanbe welcomes new Tajik barristers' association
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
DUSHANBE, 31 March 2003- Ambassador Marc Gilbert, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, welcomed the establishment of a Tajik Barristers' Association that will promote lawyers' activity and help counterbalance other parts of the legal...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes Serbia and Montenegro's adoption of Council of Europe Statute
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
BELGRADE, 31 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the adoption of the Council of Europe Statute by the state union Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro. The adoption of the statute will enable the...
Baku workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
BAKU, 31 March 2003- Participants at Azerbaijan's first National Workshop on Combating Money Laundering and Suppressing Financing of Terrorism agreed on the need for effective measures to fight against those crimes. The two-day event, which...