News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Missions help discuss inter-State co-operation in war crimes proceedings before domestic courts
Publishing date: 11 April 2006
BELGRADE, 11 April 2006- Representatives of the judiciary and relevant ministries from Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed co-operation in investigating and adjudicating war crimes at a meeting that ended today in...
OSCE supports workshop on impact of environmental problems in Eastern Caspian Sea region
Publishing date: 10 April 2006
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 April 2006- Regional environmental problems of the Eastern Caspian Sea and the impact on the local population is the focus of a workshop, organized by the Environment and Security initiative and supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Presence welcomes solution to Albanian Assembly's impasse
Publishing date: 10 April 2006
TIRANA, 10 April 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the way out found by the Council on Regulation, Mandates and Immunities of the Assembly of Albania to the issue of secret voting which has been one of the causes of the parliamentary impasse...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russian-Georgian agreement on base closure
Publishing date: 7 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 7 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has welcomed the agreement between Russia and Georgia on the temporary functioning and withdrawal of Russian military bases and other military facilities deployed in Georgia...
OSCE Presence in Albania to mark International Roma Day
Publishing date: 7 April 2006
TIRANA, 7 April 2006- On the occasion of the International Roma Day, marked 8 April, the Head of the OSCE Presence extended congratulations and good wishes to the Roma community in Albania, and said it would continue...
Anti-corruption conference co-organized by OSCE begins in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 April 2006
YEREVAN, 6 April 2006- Strengthening the co-operation between the Armenia's National Assembly, civil society and the media in the fight against corruption is the focus of a two-day international conference co-organized by the OSCE in Yerevan...
OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organizes international workshop on education reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 April 2006
YEREVAN, 5 April 2006- An international workshop aiming to help further reform in Armenia's education system has attracted more than 80 officials and international experts from Norway, Serbia, Latvia and Georgia...
OSCE Office in Baku concerned about closed-door court proceedings against opposition youth activists
Publishing date: 5 April 2006
BAKU, 5 April 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku is concerned about a court decision to close the trial of Yeni Fikir (New Thinking) student group leaders to the public...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...
OSCE media freedom representative and ambassadors address hate speech issues at Budapest conference
Publishing date: 3 April 2006
VIENNA, 3 April 2006- Moderated by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, a panel of OSCE Ambassadors discussed hate speech definitions and practices, as well as issues that have emerged from the recent cartoon controversy...