News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre organizes meeting on education in environment and sustainable development in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2006
ALMATY, 29 May 2006- Improving environmental education and education for sustainable development in Kazakhstan under a national plan will be the focus of a meeting on 30 and 31 May in Almaty, organized by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps border police officers develop management skills
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
SKOPJE, 26 May 2006- Thirty-six border police officers took part in a management training course that ended today at the Police Academy in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, it was...
OSCE Mission concerned over Serbian Broadcasting Council's policy on licences
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
BELGRADE, 26 May 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today issued the following statement: "The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is alarmed by recent activities of the Republican Broadcasting Agency Council...
OSCE Ukraine office holds anti-human trafficking training for judges
Publishing date: 26 May 2006
KYIV, 26 May 2006- A five-day OSCE training course conducted by international and local experts for Ukrainian judges on how to combat trafficking in human beings was completed today in Kyiv...
OSCE-sponsored gender equality project enters second phase
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
SKOPJE, 25 May 2006- The second phase of an OSCE-sponsored project to promote gender equality at the local level began today in Skopje...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches project to develop parliamentary TV channel
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
SKOPJE, 25 May 2006- The OSCE Mission to Skopje has signed an agreement with the President of the country's Parliament to implement a project that will provide technical assistance for the parliamentary television channel...
OSCE missions support regional municipal cross-border co-operation
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
PRIZREN, 25 May 2006- Local and regional officials from Kosovo, Albania, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met yesterday in Prizren, with the support of the OSCE, to discuss regional co-operation and local co-ordination on issues of mutual...
OSCE Centre facilitates discussion on reforming Kyrgyz prison system
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
BISHKEK, 25 May 2006- Kyrgyz authorities, representatives of civil society, international organizations and the diplomatic corps discussed this week the reform of the country's prison system at a meeting, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and...
Re-opening transport routes could contribute to solving frozen conflicts, say participants at OSCE Economic Forum
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
PRAGUE, 24 May 2006- Re-opening transport routes in regions paralyzed by frozen conflicts could help promote peace, leaders said at the 14th OSCE Economic Forum, which concluded today...
OSCE Centre supports meeting on crisis centres in Tajikistan for women victims of violence
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 24 May 2006- Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, local authorities, international experts and civil society met today to discuss the work of crisis centres and shelters in remedying and preventing violence against women..