News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania regrets lack of consensus on property law
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
TIRANA, 30 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania acknowledges Thursday's vote in the Albanian Assembly, which amended the Law on the Restitution and Compensation of Property, but regrets that the Democratic Party and other opposition parties walked...
OSCE Mission provides international human rights training to judges from Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- Thirty judges depart Belgrade on Sunday to attend a two-week training course on International Human Rights at the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute in Prague. The project is part...
OSCE Minsk Head "gravely concerned" at closure of private university by Belarus
Publishing date: 29 July 2004
MINSK, 29 July 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, has expressed his grave concern over the closure of the European Humanities University (EHU) in Minsk, which yesterday led to a protest by several hundred students...
Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf last municipalities in Bosnia to complete property repossession
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
SARAJEVO, 27 July 2004- The Property Law Implementation agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina note that only Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf are left to enforce decisions for repossession of property...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan join efforts in developing OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
BISHKEK, 22 July 2004- An agreement that gives a pioneering institute in Central Asia, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, a formal legal status was signed today in the Kyrgyz capital by Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Office: A professional and impartial media is driving force for democracy in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
BAKU, 22 July 2004- "A free, responsible and pluralistic press is vitally important for Azerbaijan's democratic future," the OSCE Office in Baku said today on the occasion of the country's National Press Day. "This event is an opportunity for all of...
Dushanbe roundtable marks seventh anniversary of end of civil war
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
DUSHANBE, 22 July 2004- Strengthening national unity through the development of a multi-party system, civil society, elections and media freedom were the focus of a roundtable held yesterday in the Tajik capital to mark the end in 1997 of the bitter...