News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE monitors accompany redeployment of Macedonian multi-ethnic police
Publishing date: 20 December 2001
SKOPJE, 20 December 2001-- Ethnically mixed police teams, accompanied by monitors of the OSCE and the European Union, yesterday redeployed to another five villages located in the previous conflict area around the town of Tetovo...
Ambassador Wieck completes term in office
Publishing date: 20 December 2001
MINSK, 20 December 2001-- After four years as Head of the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus (AMG), Ambassador Hans-Georg Wieck will complete his assignment on 31 December 2001...
International conference agrees on need to abolish death penalty in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 December 2001
DUSHANBE, 21 December 2001- An International Conference on the Death Penalty, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan on 20 and 21 December, ended today in Dushanbe with an appeal by the participants to the President of Tajikistan...
OSCE Georgia Mission and European Commission sign assistance agreement
Publishing date: 21 December 2001
TBILISI, 21 December 2001- Yesterday, the OSCE Mission to Georgia and the European Commission (EC) signed a Grant Agreement of 210,000 euros in Brussels. The grant is a European Union contribution for the strengthening...
OSCE welcomes naturalization reforms in Latvia
Publishing date: 17 April 1998
RIGA, 17 April 1998-- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel. on the decision of the Government of Latvia to support my recommendation regarding the complete abolition of the so
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes abolition of exit visas in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 December 2001
BUCHAREST, 28 December 2001- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the decision taken by the President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, to abolish the exit visa requirement...
OSCE Georgia Mission expands border monitoring operation
Publishing date: 2 January 2002
TBILISI, 2 January 2002-- The OSCE Mission to Georgia today deployed a team of five international border monitors to the village of Sno, north-eastern Georgia, where a new OSCE border monitoring base has been established
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of journalists in Russia
Publishing date: 7 January 2002
VIENNA, 7 January 2002-- At the end of December 2001, two journalists were sentenced in Russia to prison terms. Grigory Pasko, a military journalist, was convicted of treason by a military court in Vladivostok...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo streamlines field presence
Publishing date: 9 January 2002
PRISTINA, 9 January 2002-- Over the last two years, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo has had offices or centres across almost the whole of Kosovo. This reflected the OSCE's commitment and effort to promote democratic governance...
Portugal takes over OSCE Chairmanship for 2002
Publishing date: 10 January 2002
VIENNA, 10 January 2002-- Portugal has taken on its mandate to carry out the roles and responsibilities of the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe during 2002. Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama...