News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA Working Group on Belarus visits Minsk
Publishing date: 7 February 2003
MINSK, 7 February 2003- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus, Ms. Uta Zapf (Germany), the Chair of the Group, Mr. Urban Ahlin (Sweden), and Lord Ponsonby (UK), visited Minsk from 5 to 7 February...
Montenegro's failed presidential election marred by opposition boycott and pressure on state employees
Publishing date: 10 February 2003
PODGORICA, 10 February 2003- Yesterday's repeat presidential election in Montenegro was marred by the opposition's continuing boycott, as well as by pressure on state employees to vote. However, the international observer mission deployed by the OSCE...
Russian journalist wins OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy
Publishing date: 10 February 2003
COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2003- The Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, is to receive this year's OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy for her courageous professional work in support of "human rights and freedom of the media"...
Ballot boxes arrive on time for Armenian election with help of OSCE
Publishing date: 12 February 2003
YEREVAN, 12 February 2003- Some 2,000 transparent ballot boxes, ordered with the help of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, have arrived safely in Armenia for use in this year's presidential election. The Head of the Office, Ambassador Roy Reeve, showed...
OSCE and BBC train Azerbaijani journalists in elections reporting
Publishing date: 12 February 2003
BAKU, 12 February 2003- A two-week training course on election reporting has just been launched by the OSCE Office in Baku in conjunction with the BBC Training Centre, based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Experts will train around 25 staff members...
Head of Belgrade Mission unveils plan of action to assist Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 13 February 2003
BELGRADE, 13 February 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today made his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna and unveiled the Mission's plan of action to assist the State Union...
International fact-finding mission looks into alleged assassination attempt on Turkmen President
Publishing date: 14 February 2003
WARSAW, 14 February 2003- An international fact-finding mission established to examine the investigations by the Turkmen authorities of the 25 November assassination attempt on President Saparmurat Niyazov began its work this week. In view...
OSCE seminar in Greece focuses on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
IOANNINA, Greece, 17 February 2003- "Slaves of the 21st Century." That is how Marcin Swiecicki, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, described victims of the trafficking of human beings for cheap labour and for the sex...
Judges and public prosecutors in Kosovo receive training on code of ethics
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
PRISTINA, 17 February 2003- The OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) today started two training sessions for judges and prosecutors on the Code of Ethics for Judges and Public Prosecutors and the work of the Kosovo...
Conference on local government reform in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
PRISTINA, 17 February 2003- The second of three conferences on decentralisation and reform of local government in Kosovo started in Pristina today. The event, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovar Institute for...