News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Open Skies Treaty states discuss usage of unarmed observation flights for environmental purposes
Publishing date: 15 October 2004
VIENNA, 15 October 2004- Experts from 31 states party to the Open Skies Treaty today discussed the possible use of the Treaty's tools for ecological purposes, such as cases of floods, tornadoes, air and soil pollution as well as urbanisation. Some 80...
OSCE Presence expresses sorrow over tragic loss of life in accident in northern Albania
Publishing date: 15 October 2004
TIRANA, 15 October 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania expresses its deepest sorrow over the tragic loss of 16 lives in a traffic accident in Gjegjan, northern Albania, on 14 October. The OSCE Presence extends...
OSCE Centre to train Uzbekistan's law enforcers on investigating human trafficking crimes
Publishing date: 15 October 2004
TASHKENT, 15 October 2004- The second specialized training course for members of Uzbekistan's law enforcement agencies on investigating human trafficking crimes will be held on Monday in the Samarkand region by trainers trained by the OSCE Centre in...
OSCE Office to hold workshop on managing water resources of the Sava river basin
Publishing date: 15 October 2004
BRCKO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 October 2004- An OSCE workshop aimed at improving water resource management of the Sava river will be held in Brcko from 18 to 20 October. The aim is to create...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of pro-EU resolution by Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 14 October 2004
BELGRADE, 14 October 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, welcomed the adoption by the Serbian Parliament today a Resolution on Accession to the EU. "This is an important step forward for Serbia," he said...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports anti-corruption workshop in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 October 2004
BISHKEK, 14 October 2004- Fighting corruption by implementing best practices of good governance is the focus of a workshop being held in Issyk-Kul on 14 and 15 October. The workshop, entitled...
OSCE Presence and ODIHR welcome signs of progress towards resolving electoral reform deadlock in Albania
Publishing date: 14 October 2004
TIRANA, 13 October 2004- The following statement was issued at the end of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) experts' two-day visit to Albania, during which they held consultations with Albanian...
Belarus removes visa obstacles for election observers
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
WARSAW, 13 October 2004- The Belarus Foreign Ministry has reported to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights that visa obstacles for its election observers for 17 October parliamentary elections have been removed and that visas...
OSCE Chairman meets Norwegian Foreign Minister, discusses co-operation with Council of Europe
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
SOFIA, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, today met the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen. They discussed...
OSCE Chairman regrets deaths of two Ossetian peacekeepers
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
SOFIA, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed regret over the deaths of two Ossetian members of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. "I deeply regret...