News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania regrets lack of consensus on property law
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
TIRANA, 30 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania acknowledges Thursday's vote in the Albanian Assembly, which amended the Law on the Restitution and Compensation of Property, but regrets that the Democratic Party and other opposition parties walked...
OSCE Mission supports further police training in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- The Serbian Interior Ministry and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro have today signed an agreement to identify further training needs of the Serbian Police in southern Serbia. According to the agreement, mission staff...
OSCE Mission provides international human rights training to judges from Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- Thirty judges depart Belgrade on Sunday to attend a two-week training course on International Human Rights at the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute in Prague. The project is part...
OSCE Centre supports setting up a Resource Centre for repatriate women in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2004
ALMATY, 29 July 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan today launched a one-year project to set up a resource centre for Kazakh returnee women in Almaty to provide social services...
OSCE Minsk Head "gravely concerned" at closure of private university by Belarus
Publishing date: 29 July 2004
MINSK, 29 July 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, has expressed his grave concern over the closure of the European Humanities University (EHU) in Minsk, which yesterday led to a protest by several hundred students...
OSCE special envoy calls on all parties to Georgian-Ossetian conflict to resume political dialogue
Publishing date: 28 July 2004
TBILISI, 28 July 2004- After extensive talks during a three-day visit to Georgia, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairmanship, former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev, urged the resumption of dialogue to achieve a settlement to the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes seminar on combating terrorism
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
ASHGABAD, 27 July 2004- A two-day OSCE seminar aimed at providing Turkmenistan's Government with up-to-date information on legal instruments as well as policies and activities of the international community in its global fight against terrorism...
Moldovan school crisis intensifies as Transdniestrian authorities force orphans onto street
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
CHISINAU, 27 July 2004- The crisis surrounding a number of Moldovan-language schools in the Transdniestrian region escalated further yesterday evening when local militia seized the Moldovan orphanage in Benderi. Around 60 children and students who...
Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf last municipalities in Bosnia to complete property repossession
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
SARAJEVO, 27 July 2004- The Property Law Implementation agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina note that only Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf are left to enforce decisions for repossession of property...
OSCE workshop focuses on generating income from tourism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 July 2004
ALMATY, 23 July 2004- A two-day OSCE workshop that focused on generating income from Central Asia's tourism sector through the development of small and medium-sized enterprises has just ended today in Kazakhstan...