News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission jointly host Kumanovo Police Open Day
Publishing date: 13 June 2004
SKOPJE, 13 June 2004- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the country's Interior Ministry are today hosting a Police Open Day at the Kumanovo Sports Centre. Developed as a Community Policing project under the Police's Citizen Outreach...
OSCE Ambassadors press Transdniestrian authorities to be more constructive
Publishing date: 11 June 2004
CHISINAU, 11 June 2004- At a press conference today, a high-level OSCE delegation visiting Moldova pressed the authorities of the separatist Transdniestrian region to take a more constructive stance in the negotiation process on a settlement...
OSCE co-organizes election law reform discussions in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 June 2004
DUSHANBE, 11 June 2004- Reform of the electoral system in Tajikistan was the topic of a high-profile roundtable held here yesterday, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. It drew more than 100 participants, including Government officials...
OSCE Presence in Albania sees approval of property law as 'step towards solution'
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
TIRANA, 9 June 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania considers yesterday's approval of the Law on Restitution and Compensation of Property by the Albanian Assembly as part of the process for reaching a final solution to the property issue...
OSCE Kosovo Mission says public benefits from greater transparency in political party financing
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
PRISTINA, 9 June 2004- In a report released today, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) finds that political parties in Kosovo have made significant improvements in 2002 and 2003 in disclosing their financial information compared to previous years...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office discusses implementation of OSCE standards and commitments with Belarusian leadership
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
MINSK, 9 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Wednesday he was satisfied with his visit to Belarus, which provided him with the opportunity to...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent to train domestic election observers
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
TASHKENT, 9 June 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent will begin training courses for domestic election observers in Andijan tomorrow. The programme is intended to prepare observers for the elections on 26 December, after which Uzbekistan will...
OSCE Mission and Norway assist Serbia in fight against trafficking, terrorism, extortion and kidnapping
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
BELGRADE, 9 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Embassy of Norway today handed over special equipment to the Border Police Directorate of the Serbian Interior Ministry as part of its assistance programme in the fight against...
OSCE Presence and Swedish government sign agreement on supporting civil society development in Albania
Publishing date: 8 June 2004
TIRANA, 8 June 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency signed an agreement today on financing the activities of the Presence's two Civil Society Development Centres for the next three years...
OSCE Office in Baku launches project on human rights
Publishing date: 8 June 2004
BAKU, 8 June 2004- Rapid reaction to human rights violations and investigation of known cases in preliminary detention facilities in Azerbaijan will be the focus of a project jointly launched by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Institution...