News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds roundtable on civil procedural code in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 July 2003
ASHGABAD, 4 July 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad recently held a second roundtable on the draft of a civil procedural code for Turkmenistan. The series of roundtables is aimed at assisting Turkmenistan in bringing the country's civil legislation...
Croatian President opens international conference on minority integration in southeastern Europe and the Baltics
Publishing date: 2 July 2003
ZAGREB, 2 July 2003- Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday opened a one-day international conference on "Minority Integration in Southeast Europe and the Baltic States," organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia...
OSCE Mission to help improve Serbia's voter register
Publishing date: 2 July 2003
BELGRADE, 2 July 2003- The OSCE and the Serbian Government have agreed to work together to improve Serbia's voter register...
Europe's domestic observer groups develop common approach to election monitoring, urge full access to entire electoral process
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- Domestic observer groups from across Europe have developed a common approach to monitoring elections and called on states to ensure full access of observers to all stages of the electoral process...
Croatian representatives study Portuguese community policing methods
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- A central Croatian police chief and a Croatian journalist have just returned from a two-weeks' training course in Portugal focused on its well-developed community policing programmes and the way media and police interact...
Roundtables on legal ethics conducted in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 June 2003
ASHGABAD, 30 June 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad, the American Bar Association's Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) and the recently created Turkmen Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) have conducted a second roundtable...
OSCE Mission Head lays out five conditions for the rule of law
Publishing date: 30 June 2003
BELGRADE, 30 June 2003- In an article published this week in Serbia's Nin magazine, the OSCE Head of Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari outlined the importance of the rule of law as a cornerstone of a democratic society...