News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General makes first visit to partner state Mongolia
Publishing date: 11 October 2006
ULAANBAATAR, 11 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, made a two-day trip to Mongolia this week for talks with the country's President and other officials. Ambassador de Brichambaut...
OSCE in Kyiv launches website in Ukrainian
Publishing date: 10 October 2006
KYIV, 10 October 2006- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine today launched a Ukrainian-language website (http://www.oscepcu.org) to inform citizens, state authorities, civil society and journalists about the Co-ordinator's activities...
OSCE parliamentary body president condemns murder of Russian investigative journalist
Publishing date: 10 October 2006
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Spencer Oliver, attended the funeral of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya today while the Assembly's president, Goran Lennmarker condemned her murder...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes expert discussion of law that decriminalizes defamation
Publishing date: 10 October 2006
BAKU, 10 October 2006- Azerbaijan's first draft law on defamation was presented at a roundtable meeting held today by the OSCE Office in Baku. The draft would decriminalize defamation...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan's president to decriminalize defamation
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BAKU, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, today urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation...
OSCE's human rights and democratization body deploys observation mission for Tajik presidential election
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
DUSHANBE/WARSAW, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a long-term Election Observation Mission in Tajikistan ahead of the 6 November presidential election...
North Korean nuclear arms test threatens security in OSCE area, Chairman warns
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BRUSSELS, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said today he was deeply concerned about global security following the nuclear weapons test declared by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
OSCE-supported training for crime scene investigators starts in Belgrade today
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BELGRADE, 9 October 2006- A three-week specialized training on crime scene investigation for experts from Serbia's Interior Ministry was launched in Belgrade today. The initiative was facilitated by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Missions in Skopje and Belgrade organize evaluation training for police instructors
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
SKOPJE, 9 October 2006- Today, for the first time, instructors from the Police Academy in Skopje completed a training programme teaching them how to evaluate other instructors. The course was organized by the OSCE missions in Serbia and Skopje...
OSCE Mission welcomes deployment of domestic observers at constitutional referendum
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BELGRADE, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes the decision of the Republican Electoral Commission to enable domestic observation of the referendum on the new Serbian Constitution scheduled for 28 and 29 October....