News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje begins political party dialogue project
Publishing date: 10 May 2006
SKOPJE, 10 May 2006- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry today co-organized a roundtable discussion in Kumanovo on developing political dialogue, prior to the 5 July parliamentary elections in the country...
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds conference on best practices for high judicial councils
Publishing date: 10 May 2006
BELGRADE, 10 May 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the High Judicial Council of Serbia held a two-day conference on the best practices for such bodies, which seek to guarantee judicial independence and oversee...
OSCE Mission holds conference in Belgrade on investigations into war crimes
Publishing date: 8 May 2006
BELGRADE, 8 May 2006- Closer co-operation between police investigators dealing with war crimes and witness protection programmes is the aim of a three-day conference that opened today in Belgrade. Organized by the OSCE Mission...
Co-operation crucial to keep public transport safe from terrorists, OSCE and International Association of Public Transport workshop concludes
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
VIENNA, 5 May 2006- International co-operation is essential to keep public transport networks and the passengers they carry safe from terrorist attacks, participants in a workshop on Urban Transport Security concluded today. Some 200 experts...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains Ombudsman staff to better serve vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
SKOPJE, 5 May 2006- Thirty-five staff members of the Ombudsman Office are taking part in a training course in Skopje on the role of national human rights bodies in protecting vulnerable groups, including children and the disabled...
OSCE Centre promotes discussion on independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2006- Independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan and compliance with international standards and OSCE commitments were the focus of today's meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the National Association of...
OSCE holds training course on combating sexual violence in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 May 2006
YEREVAN, 4 May 2006- Preventing and prosecuting sexual crimes was the focus of a training course for Armenian prosecutors and investigators that ended today in Yerevan. The two-day event was organized by the OSCE Office...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion in Kazakhstan on media reform
Publishing date: 4 May 2006
ALMATY, 4 May 2006- Freedom of the media in Kazakhstan and compliance of national legislation with international standards and OSCE commitments were reviewed by participants of today's roundtable meeting in Almaty. The event, organized by the OSCE...
OSCE Mission, UNHCR establish working group on Roma issues
Publishing date: 3 May 2006
BELGRADE, 3 May 2006- The OSCE Mission and the UNHCR Representation to Serbia and Montenegro held the first meeting yesterday of the Interagency Working Group on Roma in Serbia...
OSCE Mission condemns property rights-related violence
Publishing date: 3 May 2006
PRISTINA, 3 May 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, today strongly condemned recent violent incidents linked to property disputes...