News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman voices concern over violence in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 29 January 2007
MADRID, 29 January 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over a series of violent incidents in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for abolishment of insult laws in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 January 2007
VIENNA, 26 January 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called for the removal of special insult laws in Kazakhstan which give elevated protection to State officials from verbal offence. The plea follows...
OSCE Mission review of Kosovo lawmaking shows considerable progress, persisting challenges
Publishing date: 26 January 2007
PRISTINA, 26 January 2007- Most of the ministries in Kosovo have made considerable progress in the implementation of the laws promulgated in 2005, according to a report published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
Mediators and observers in the Transdniestran conflict meet in Madrid
Publishing date: 25 January 2007
MADRID, 25 January 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, today issued the following statement: "At the initiative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office..."
OSCE Kosovo Mission Head urges local authorities and public to work closer
Publishing date: 25 January 2007
PRISTINA, 25 January 2007- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, called on local authorities today to enhance transparency at the municipal level and provide timely information to the public on meetings and budget hearings...
OSCE Skopje Mission shares community policing best practices with Kosovo specialists
Publishing date: 25 January 2007
SKOPJE, 25 January 2007- A delegation from the Kosovo Centre for Public Safety Education and Development arrived in Skopje today to study community policing best practices. The community policing concept was...
OSCE Mission, EC Delegation congratulate Serbia on orderly elections, call for swift implementation of people's choice for further democratic reforms
Publishing date: 25 January 2007
BELGRADE, 25 January 2007- The OSCE Mission and the Delegation of the European Commission to Serbia congratulated today the people, political parties and authorities in Serbia on an orderly conduct of Sunday's elections...
OSCE and the U.S. Government to donate books and library furniture to prisons in Georgia
Publishing date: 24 January 2007
TBILISI, 24 January 2007- Inmates at the Rustavi Prison 6 near Tbilisi now have access to a range of legal and educational literature, library furniture and physical training equipment, donated today by the OSCE and funded by the United States....
OSCE and EU agree to co-operate closely on Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 January 2007
BRUSSELS, 23 January 2007- The OSCE Ministerial Troika and the EU Troika pledged today to co-operate closely on Central Asia, a priority area for both organizations. "We warmly welcome the EU's renewed focus and engagement in Central Asia," said...
OSCE Mission, Interior Ministry say efficient measures needed to curb hate-crimes in Croatia
Publishing date: 23 January 2007
ZAGREB, 23 January 2007- Adequate criminal legislation would ensure the efficiency of law enforcement and enable judicial authorities to swiftly react to hate crime incidents, said participants at an OSCE-organized meeting in Zagreb today...