News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to help train staff for new prison in western Georgia
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
TBILISI, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Mission in Georgia tomorrow begins a training course to assist the country's Ministry of Justice in establishing professional standards of penitentiary management in a new prison in Kutaisi...
First group of Georgian border guards graduate from OSCE Mission's intensive training programme
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
TBILISI, 12 July 2005- A group of 77 Georgian border guards, newly equipped with specialist skills, are the first people to graduate from a four-week OSCE Mission to Georgia Training Assistance Programme course. "By the end of this summer, nearly 400...
OSCE Chairman concerned over detention of two OSCE staff in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 12 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 12 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel expressed serious concern over the detention on Thursday of two monitoring officers from the OSCE Mission to Georgia by armed men in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The two...
OSCE decides to set up training scheme for Georgian border guards
Publishing date: 14 April 2005
VIENNA, 14 April 2005- At a meeting today, the OSCE Permanent Council unanimously approved a decision to establish a 2.6 million euros training assistance programme for the Georgian Border Guards service. Going into effect as early as next Monday, the...
OSCE prepared to assist further with solving conflicts in Georgia
Publishing date: 1 April 2005
TBILISI, 1 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel pledged the Organization's support to promote peaceful settlements of the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts, during talks in Tbilisi, Friday. "Peaceful resolution of...
OSCE Permanent Council holds minute's silence in honour of Georgian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 3 February 2005
VIENNA, 3 February 2005- The OSCE Permanent Council held a minute's silence on Thursday in honour of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania after his unexpected death. The Chairman of the Permanent Council, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia, said...
OSCE supports Georgia's fight against money-laundering
Publishing date: 25 November 2004
TBILISI, 25 November 2004- International crime-fighting experts will work with Georgian officials to develop tougher measures to combat money-laundering at a two-day OSCE workshop in Tbilisi starting on Thursday. "The illegal flow of money...