News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office Head meets Armenian Parliament Speaker, discusses electoral reform and media legislation
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
YEREVAN, 19 October 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, discussed today with Tigran Torosyan, the Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly, the electoral reform and amendments to the law on TV and Radio...
OSCE Centre supports transparency in law-making process of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
ASTANA, 19 October 2006- Ways to increase transparency and the role of civil society in the parliamentary decision-making process were discussed at an international conference which opened in Astana today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje concludes project strengthening neighborhood self-government unit
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
SKOPJE, 19 October 2006- Strengthening local authority bodies known as neighborhood self-government units was the purpose of a series of meetings that ended in Skopje today...
OSCE Centre supports confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
ALMATY, 19 October 2006- Confidence and security-building measures in Central Asia are the topic of a meeting, Organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, the Kazakh Defence Ministry and NATO, that ends in Almaty today...
Transport, security and environmental protection focus of OSCE-Norwegian technical workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
TOENSBERG, 18 October 2006- The need for transport routes that take into account concerns about the environment and security was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Norway...
OSCE seminar in Moscow focuses on harmonization of customs and border procedures
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
MOSCOW, 18 October 2006- Border, customs, transport and trade officials from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia identified measures that would harmonize customs and border procedures during a two-day OSCE seminar that ended in Moscow today...
OSCE Chairman congratulates UN Secretary-General designate Ban Ki-moon
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 October 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has sent a letter to Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General designate, congratulating him on his appointment on behalf of the OSCE and its 56 participating States...
OSCE Representative urges French Senate to reject criminalization of Armenian genocide denial
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
VIENNA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed his concern about the French National Assembly's adoption in a first reading of an amendment that aims to criminalize the denial that the 1915 killings of Armenians in...
OSCE Mission presents booklet on state of corruption in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
PRISTINA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Mission presented today a booklet with expert findings on the state of corruption in Kosovo at a second workshop on this issue organized by the OSCE Mission and the Office of the Prime Minister...
OSCE to hold first-ever conference on situation of print media in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
PRISTINA, 17 October 2006- To raise awareness about the challenges faced by the local press in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission and Kosovo's Press Council will hold a conference on the state of the print media in Pristina tomorrow...