News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman concerned over constitutional referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 11 December 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 December 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said the OSCE will not recognize the referendum on a draft constitution held on Sunday. "Such a referendum is counter-productive...
OSCE, UNODC hold workshop in Montenegro on combating money-laundering and terrorist financing
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
KOLASIN, Montenegro, 8 December 2006- Developing national capacity-building in the fight against money-laundering and terrorist financing is the focus of a two-day workshop that ends in Kolasin today. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps strengthen capacity of municipal internal auditors
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
SKOPJE, 8 December 2006- More than 120 mayors, municipal internal auditors, and heads of municipal financial and legal departments took part in a series of workshops that ended in Dojran today...
OSCE Chairman De Gucht marks Human Rights Day by urging participating States to protect human rights defenders
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
BRUSSELS, 8 December 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, has called today for increased awareness of the difficulties many human rights defenders face. He made his remarks before the International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Mission organizes meeting to encourage dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
BELGRADE, 8 December 2006- Encouraging a dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina was the aim of a meeting held in Novi Sad today. The event, the first of its kind in Serbia, was organized by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Centre to organize events in Tajikistan on International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
DUSHANBE, 8 December 2006- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe will organize a series of events to mark the International Human Rights Day in Dushanbe and Qurghonteppa on 9 and 10 December...
OSCE Office in Yerevan awards winners of anti-corruption contest
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
YEREVAN, 8 December 2006- A short story about a man imprisoned for corruption and a play highlighting the dilemma between a clean conscience and the urge to except a bribe were among the winners of a contest organized by the OSCE Office...
OSCE Centre organizes conference on press freedom and media policy in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
DUSHANBE, 8 December 2006- Promoting press freedom and shaping a modern media policy in Tajikistan was the focus of an OSCE-supported conference that took place at the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Mission supports conference on situation of minorities in South-Eastern Georgia
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
TBILISI, 8 December 2006- Helping young people from ethnic minorities get access to education and employment and overcome language barriers is the purpose of an OSCE-funded conference that began today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports European Youth Parliament
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
SKOPJE, 8 December 2006- A group of 150 students from over a dozen countries will participate in a regional session of the European Youth Parliament that begins in Ohrid today. Participants...