News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Visiting Turkmenistan OSCE Chairman notes importance of starting political reforms and democratisation
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
ASHGABAD, 29 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht, paid a visit to Turkmenistan on 29 March. In meetings with President Saparmurat Niyazov...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent supports budget transparency training for community representatives
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
TASHKENT, 23 March 2006- About 50 representatives from Uzbekistan's self-governing communities known as mahallas began a three-day course today to learn about budgeting, accounting and financial reporting. The course, supported by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE election observers to announce their findings in Belarus on Monday
Publishing date: 17 March 2006
MINSK, 17 March, 2006- The OSCE Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 19 March presidental election in Belarus will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference on Monday. The Mission is a joint undertaking...
OSCE remains major actor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says new High Representative Schwarz-Schilling
Publishing date: 16 March 2006
VIENNA, 16 March 2006- Christian Schwarz-Schilling, the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressed today the continued close co-operation between the OSCE and his Office to move the country toward full partnership with Europe...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps train teachers to work in multi-ethnic pre-schools
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
SKOPJE, 16 December 2005- Raising the standards of pre-school education and ensuring the inclusion of all ethnic groups, especially marginalized ones, was the aim of a series of workshops that ended today in Skopje. Twenty school teachers...
OSCE Mission encourages lifelong learning in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
PRISTINA, 16 December 2005- Lifelong learning is a guiding principle for developing education and training policy and introducing this concept to Kosovo is the focus of a two-day conference, which began today in Prishtine/Pristina...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad supports English language training course for academics and doctors
Publishing date: 16 November 2005
ASHGABAD, 16 November 2005- Forty-two employees of various research, educational and medical institutions from across Turkmenistan today received certificates for having completed an English language course, supported by a co-operative initiative...