News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports new consulting centres for rural entrepreneurs, farmers and labour migrants in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
DUSHANBE, 27 October 2006- Three OSCE-supported centres,- on agriculture business consulting and legal advice for small businesses, and information for potential labour migrants,- opened in the Khatlon province of Tajikistan this week...
Finnish parliamentarian to lead OSCE short-term election observation mission during Tajikistan election
Publishing date: 26 October 2006
COPENHAGEN, 26 October 2006- Kimmo Kiljunen, a Finnish Member of Parliament, has been appointed to lead the OSCE short-term election observation mission to the Presidential election in Tajikistan on 6 November....
OSCE media watchdog presents report on anomalies in accrediting journalists
Publishing date: 25 October 2006
VIENNA, 25 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented a special report today on the administrative problems journalists have recently faced in several countries of the OSCE region. The paper...
Joint statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs
Publishing date: 25 October 2006
PARIS, 24 October 2006- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Paris on 24 October at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the aegis of the three Minsk Group Co-chairmen...
Brussels international conference focuses on energy security in OSCE region
Publishing date: 25 October 2006
BRUSSELS, 25 October 2006- Putting the global energy economy on a secure and sustainable path of development will require renewed efforts from governments and international organizations. This was the opening message at a high-level conference...
OSCE election analysts to follow US mid-term elections
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
WASHINGTON, 24 October 2006- The OSCE's election observation body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, has deployed an Election Assessment Mission for the 7 November mid-term congressional elections in the United States...
Georgia, Kosovo, gender issues and Secretary General focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
VIENNA, 24 October 2006- An account of how the OSCE Belgian Chairmanship brokered an urgently needed solution in Georgia after four Russian officers were taken into custody is the lead item in the October issue of the OSCE Magazine, now available...
OSCE tolerance meeting wraps up with calls for more youth initiatives and diversity education at schools
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
DUBROVNIK, 24 October 2006- The important role of youth education in the fight against xenophobia and intolerance and the increasing interest among OSCE participating States in promoting youth initiatives were the focus of an international meeting...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents second edition of textbook on Organization's past and present
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
YEREVAN, 24 October 2006- An updated version of a textbook entitled "OSCE: History, Activities and Perspectives" was presented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan today...
OSCE, UNODC Vienna workshop focuses on combating illicit drug threat
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
VIENNA, 24 October 2006- Experts from the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will discuss the role of international co-operation in combating illicit drug trafficking at a meeting that began in Vienna today. The event...