News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kyrgyz election marks tangible progress
Publishing date: 11 July 2005
BISHKEK, 11 July 2005- The 10 July Kyrgyz presidential election marked tangible progress towards meeting OSCE and other international commitments for democratic elections, although the vote count proved to be problematic...
OSCE anti-terrorism unit organizes regional travel document workshop in Sofia
Publishing date: 1 July 2005
SOFIA, 1 July 2005- International standards in travel document handling and ways to improve existing practices in the region were the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop held in Sofia on 29 and 30 June...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about prison sentence for journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed his concern regarding the combined five year prison sentence handed down to a Russian journalist by a Smolensk court...
OSCE Chairman says more action needed on curbing small arms and light weapons, securing ammunition stockpiles
Publishing date: 21 June 2005
VIENNA, 21 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday that the Organization should devote more attention to curbing the spread of small arms and light weapons and securing stockpiles of...
OSCE Chairman welcomes pledges of 670,000 Euro for police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
VIENNA, 16 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today welcomed pledges by four OSCE participating States to provide rapid support for the Organization's police assistance programme in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE releases Annual Report on 2004 activities
Publishing date: 29 April 2005
VIENNA, 29 April 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2004 today...
OSCE must play bigger role in ending violence against women, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 28 April 2005
PARIS, 28 April 2005- Violence against women is not only a widespread global problem but also a major obstacle to women's expression of free will and humanity's progress towards equality, development and peace, the OSCE Chairman said today in Paris...