News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to hold seminar on professional skills and the market economy
Publishing date: 25 March 2004
VIENNA, 25 March 2004- An international seminar focusing on the role of the OSCE in promoting and supporting the development of human capacity- in order to further economic reforms and enhance stability- will be held in Bishkek, next week...
OSCE Mission-sponsored documentary on refugees to be aired on Croatian TV
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
ZAGREB, 24 March 2004- Croatian Television (HTV) will air this week an independent documentary series on the return of refugees to the country. "Somebody's Land" was filmed and produced by...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, visiting Belgrade, condemns killings of police in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
BELGRADE, 24 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman Solomon Passy met senior government officials of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, as well as of Serbia, today and reiterated his strong condemnation of the violence in Kosovo. "Violence and
OSCE Centre to hold workshop for women entrepreneurs in rural Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
BISHKEK, 24 March 2004- A workshop that is aimed at encouraging women to start small businesses in rural areas will open tomorrow in Kyrgyzstan. The two-day event, organised by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, will take place in the town of Tokmok...
OSCE launches new anti-trafficking training programme for Moldovan judges and prosecutors
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
CHISINAU, 24 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has inaugurated a new project aimed at training Moldovan judges and prosecutors in successful prosecution methods to combat human trafficking...
OSCE/ODIHR to monitor early Macedonian presidential election
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
WARSAW/SKOPJE, 23 March 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the early presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Joint report suggests property law implementation in BiH nears completion
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
SARAJEVO, 23 March 2004- The latest statistics on property law implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which show it is nearing its completion, were presented today in Sarajevo. The Property Law Implementation (PLIP) agencies...
OSCE Centre publishes brochure on environmental issues in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
TASHKENT, 23 March 2004- A brochure on environmental issues published by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the Uzbek non-governmental organization, Sreda Obitaniya (Environment), is aimed at raising public awareness of sustainable development in...
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo leaders to show will to build tolerant society
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
PRISTINA, 23 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy, visiting Kosovo on Monday, condemned violence in all circumstances and said the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government should meet their responsibilities for a...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Interior Ministry launch TV Campaign to boost police-community relations
Publishing date: 22 March 2004
SKOPJE, 22 March 2004- The Macedonian Ministry of Interior and the OSCE Mission to Skopje today launched a nationwide TV campaign to promote co-operation between the police and the citizens, with a series of daily public information slots on TV...