News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents survey showing decentralization reform on track
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
SKOPJE, 22 September 2006- A survey conducted in 80 of the country's 84 municipalities by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje has concluded that municipalities view the decentralization process as "mostly successful"...
OSCE boosts NGO network to fight human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan and neighboring countries
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 September 2006- The OSCE Field Office in Osh has established an NGO network in the Ferghana Valley to fight against human trafficking. The network will strengthen co-operation with government and international institutions, help...
OSCE Chairman seriously regrets sentence against Belarus opposition leader Kozulin upheld during appeal
Publishing date: 21 September 2006
NEW YORK, 21 September 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressed regret today that the Belarus authorities had dismissed an appeal from A. Kozulin, an opposition candidate in last March's presidential election, and left the severe sentence in force...
Promoting economic prosperity, environmental co-operation can contribute to stability, OSCE official says
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
YEREVAN, 20 September 2006- The Co-ordinator for OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, today applauded Armenia's efforts to improve the investment and business climate for foreign and domestic investors, saying such activities contribute to...
British parliamentarian to lead OSCE short-term election observation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
COPENHAGEN, 20 September, 2006- David Heath, a British Member of Parliament, has been appointed to lead the OSCE short-term election observation mission to the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October...
OSCE Office organizes discussion on freedom of assembly in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
BAKU, 20 September 2006- Azerbaijan's law on freedom of assembly and its execution during last year's parliamentary elections was discussed at a meeting, organized yesterday by the OSCE Office in Baku. Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi said...
OSCE Centre launches agribusiness consulting centres in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 September 2006
DARBAND, 20 September 2006- An OSCE-supported agribusiness consulting centre that will provide farmers and entrepreneurs with technical and legal information as well as business advice and training opened today in Darband, Nurabad District...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on Hungarian Public Television building
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
VIENNA, 19 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he condemns last night's violent attacks on the building of the Hungarian public television in Budapest. "The independence of...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo brings institutions together against illegal occupation and use of property
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
PEJE/PEC, 19 September 2006- Illegal occupation and use of land and its impact on economic development and the returns and reintegration process was the topic of a seminar organized today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for municipal officials...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Ukrainian prosecutors to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
KYIV, 19 September 2006- Twenty Ukrainian prosecutors are taking part in a training course this week in Kyiv on combating trafficking in human beings. The course was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's...