News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
20,000 trees to be planted in Tajikistan under OSCE Centre environmental project
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- An awareness-raising campaign on environmental protection, biodiversity and the effects of deforestation was launched today in the southern Tajik town of Kurgon-Teppa as part of an OSCE Centre in Dushanbe project...
Visiting Turkmenistan OSCE Chairman notes importance of starting political reforms and democratisation
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
ASHGABAD, 29 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht, paid a visit to Turkmenistan on 29 March. In meetings with President Saparmurat Niyazov...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine investment promotion agency wins top European awards
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
KYIV, 29 March 2006- An investment promotion agency established jointly by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator and local authorities in the northwestern Ukrainian region of Rivne, has won several awards in a prestigious competition held by...
OSCE Belgrade Mission hosts meeting on institutional response to terrorism
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
BELGRADE, 29 March 2006- Ways institutions can respond to terrorism is the focus of a meeting of representatives of security sector institutions which began today in Vrsac. Participants of the two-day event...
OSCE Chairman urges Kyrgyz authorities to prioritize fight against human trafficking and money laundering
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
BISHKEK, 29 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has urged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to make the fight against human trafficking and money laundering a top priority...
OSCE Centre organizes trip for Kazakhstani officals to learn about combating money-laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 29 March 2006
ALMATY, 29 March 2006- A group of Kazakh Members of Parliament and representatives of the General Prosecutors Office and the NGO Forum of Entrepreneurs, visited Latvia and Russia to learn about ways to fight money-laundering and financing of terrorism...
OSCE workshop in Zagreb to focus on better ways to control sale of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 28 March 2006
VIENNA, 27 March, 2006- Croatia this week plays host to a two-day OSCE workshop on controlling the sale and export (brokering) of sale of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in south-eastern Europe and the Caucasus. It will be held near Zagreb...