News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports action plan to implement Serbia's national youth strategy
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
BELGRADE, 3 July 2008- Representatives of more than ten Serbian ministries and other experts met today in Palic to discuss finalizing the action plan to implement Serbia's National Youth Strategy...
OSCE Centre presents multimedia equipment to Kyrgyz Police Academy
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
BISHKEK, 3 July 2008- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today handed over multimedia equipment to the Kyrgyzstan Police Academy to support modern teaching methods...
Little progress in Kosovo justice system handling of March 2004 riot cases, finds OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 3 July 2008- The Kosovo criminal justice system still faces difficulties in handling cases concerning the March 2004 riots, according to a new report published by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
Joao Soares elected new President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
ASTANA, 3 July 2008- Joao Soares of Portugal was today elected new President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) at its Annual Session in Kazakhstan's capital Astana. He succeeds Goran Lennmarker of Sweden, who has served the maximum two years...
Central Asia key to stability across OSCE area, Chairman says
Publishing date: 2 July 2008
ASTANA, 2 July 2008- Central Asia plays a key role in the OSCE, as a region facing challenges and in the Organization's plans to intensify engagement with Afghanistan, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said today...
OSCE could have tremendous impact in Afghanistan by training police, top NATO commander says
Publishing date: 2 July 2008
VIENNA, 2 July 2008- The international community needs to do more to secure Afghanistan and the OSCE could have a tremendous impact in those efforts by helping to train the country's police, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe told the OSCE today...
Janez Lenarcic takes up job as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 1 July 2008
WARSAW, 1 July 2008- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia today assumed his new function as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...