News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Kazakhstan to withdraw media law amendments
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
VIENNA, 19 June 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Kazakh authorities to withdraw from parliament a set of proposed amendments to the media law he argues would represent a setback for media freedom...
OSCE Head of Mission urges Kosovo refugees, IDPs, to hold on to hope ahead of World Refugee Day
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
PRISTINA, 19 June 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Wnendt today urged refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from and within Kosovo to hold on to their dreams of returning home in a statement issued ahead of...
Role of women entrepreneurs discussed at OSCE-supported seminar in Yerevan
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
YEREVAN, 19 June 2006- A two-day seminar on promoting small and medium entrepreneurship (SME) for sustainable development, took place in Yerevan on 17 and 18 June...
OSCE Centre and Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organize training for high-level police managers on community policing
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
BISHKEK, 16 June 2006- A three-day training course on community policing for high and middle level managers of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry ended today in Bishkek...
OSCE and Serbian Interior Ministry hold donor conference for transformation of police high school into training centre
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
BELGRADE, 16 June 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Serbian Interior Ministry held a donor conference today to garner financial support to transform the police high school in Sremska Kamenica into a police training centre...
OSCE Office promotes environmental education in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
YEREVAN, 16 June 2006- Some 20 teachers and environmental experts discussed today in Yerevan a new teaching methodology outlined in the recently published book "Plant an Idea, Plant a Tree". The event was organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps judiciary become more effective in combating organized crime
Publishing date: 16 June 2006
SKOPJE, 16 June 2006- Forty judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals learned specific practices and methods for applying international standards in combating organized crime during a three-day workshop which ended today in Struga...
OSCE donors pledge more than 10 million euros for economy in Georgia/South Ossetia
Publishing date: 14 June 2006
BRUSSELS, 14 June 2006- OSCE participating States pledged more than 10 million euros at a conference hosted by Belgium today on economic rehabilitation in the zone of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Centre, Kyrgyz Government to assess and reduce threat posed by uranium dumps in south-east Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 June 2006
BISHKEK, 14 June 2006- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Ministry for Emergency Situations and several international organizations decided today to raise money for a technical assessment of the threats posed by radioactive dumps in...
Croatian democratic institutions made considerable progress, OSCE Mission report says
Publishing date: 13 June 2006
ZAGREB, 13 June 2006- Croatia's democratic institutions in the field of civil society, police and media have made considerable progress towards becoming self-sustainable, the OSCE Mission to Croatia says in a report that will be presented to OSCE...