News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman alarmed at detention of Mission Officers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 12 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 12 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office De Gucht expressed great concern today at the actions of South Ossetian officers who detained at gunpoint unarmed military monitors from the OSCE Mission to Georgia on 11 July. The two Officers were...
OSCE Skopje Mission contributes to mainstreaming gender issues
Publishing date: 12 July 2006
SKOPJE, 12 July 2006- Raising gender awareness among local community leaders, academic circles and the general public is the aim of a Gender Summer School taking place at the South Eastern European University in Tetovo. The three-week course...
OSCE Chairman calls for calm and restraint in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed concern today about increased tensions in recent days in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman says removal of Chechen rebel chief Basayev "a good thing"
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 11 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed satisfaction today about the elimination of the Chechen rebel commander, Shamil Basayev, in an explosion in southern Russia...
OSCE Office co-hosts meeting on women's participation in elections in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 July 2006
YEREVAN, 11 July 2006- The role of women in the electoral process and their participation in politics is the focus of a meeting that opened today in the Armenian capital. Participants...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences following crash of Sibir Airlines flight
Publishing date: 10 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 10 July 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today extended his sincere condolences to the Russian Government and families of the passengers who died in Sunday's plane crash in Irkutsk...
OSCE Office in Yerevan helps organize training on alternative sentencing
Publishing date: 10 July 2006
YEREVAN, 10 July 2006- A training course for personnel of the Armenian Justice Ministry's division for the execution of alternative punishment began today with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Office for Democratic Institutions and...
OSCE Centre promotes discussion on democratic principles of the electoral process in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 July 2006
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 7 July 2006- Democratic principles of electoral processes were discussed today at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe in co-operation with the National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan. Participants...
Goran Lennmarker elected President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 7 July 2006
BRUSSELS, 7 July 2006- At the close of its fifteenth Annual Session, held from 3 to 7 July 2006, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE elected Goran Lennmarker of Sweden as its new President, to serve a one-year term. Over 200 parliamentarians..
Parliamentary elections largely met international standards, but tainted by isolated irregularities, say observers in Skopje
Publishing date: 6 July 2006
SKOPJE, 6 July 2006- Parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia largely met international standards for democratic elections, but violence and intimidation cast a shadow over the campaign, concluded...