News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...
OSCE approves new mandate for Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
TIRANA, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council, representing the Organization's 55 participating States, today approved a new mandate for the OSCE Presence in Albania. The new mandate had been drafted at the request of Albania, as the host...
OSCE Centre holds Dushanbe conference on preventing use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention
Publishing date: 5 December 2003
DUSHANBE, 5 December 2003- A two-day national conference in Tajikistan on preventing the use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention, organized by the OSCE Centre, has just concluded with a set of recommendations and proposals...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributes to improvement of taxation mechanism
Publishing date: 18 November 2003
ASHGABAD, 18 November 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with the Main Tax Service of Turkmenistan has successfully completed the first phase of the joint project- 'Review and Improvement of the Taxation Mechanism'. The objective...
OSCE Kosovo Mission begins specialized police and public safety training programmes
Publishing date: 11 November 2003
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this week begins advanced training programmes for the Kosovo Police Service and public safety agencies. Specific curricula for courses in special weapons and tactics (SWAT)...
OSCE Skopje Mission starts training police community relations co-ordinators
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
SKOPJE, 10 November 2003- Thirty-two police officers of mixed ethnicity and gender are attending their first day of OSCE training on community policing today in the Hotel Bistra in Mavrovo. The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje developed...
OSCE Mission trains Montenegrin prison staff to combat drug abuse in prisons
Publishing date: 3 November 2003
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 3 November 2003- Over half of the prison staff in Montenegro have today completed a ten-day training programme on fighting drug abuse among inmates, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. The Head of the OSCE...