News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman and Mission to Skopje welcome European Union member candidate status
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
SKOPJE, 19 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, and the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomed the decision of the European Council to grant the host country candidate status for EU membership. "We congratulate...
OSCE's role in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains crucial, says High Representative Lord Ashdown
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
VIENNA, 15 December 2005- The OSCE will continue to play a crucial part in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the outgoing High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, said today...
OSCE Mission to Croatia and Central State Administration Office support establishment of permanent election body
Publishing date: 13 December 2005
ZAGREB, 13 December 2005- The establishment of a permanent and independent State Election Commission was today supported by participants of a meeting in the Sabor (Parliament). The event, organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and...
Roma community leaders benefit from OSCE Mission to Skopje workshop on decentralization
Publishing date: 9 December 2005
SKOPJE, 9 December, 2005- Increasing the knowledge of Roma municipal councillors and community leaders about the country's decentralization process is the aim of a four-day workshop, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, which...
Chairman-in-Office says Kazakhstan election points to need to open up political life
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
LJUBLJANA, 5 December 2005- Responding to the preliminary statement of the OSCE observation mission on the Kazakh presidential election, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel said the findings pointed to a continued need to open up political life...
OSCE Minsk Office concerned over amendments to Belarus criminal code
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
MINSK, 2 December 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk today said he was gravely concerned over the adoption by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of amendments that could deal a serious blow to civil society and...
OSCE Office concerned over police action against peaceful demonstration in Baku
Publishing date: 28 November 2005
BAKU, 28 November 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku has expressed his deep concern over police violence against demonstrators, after the 26 November authorised opposition rally, and has urged all political forces in the country to avoid a...