News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Georgian Prime Minister welcomes OSCE involvement in seeking solutions to frozen conflicts
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
VIENNA, 27 March- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli lauded the OSCE's involvement in initiatives aimed at achieving lasting solutions to the frozen conflicts on its territory, in a speech delivered today at a special meeting of the Organization...
International observers of Ukraine parliamentary elections to hold press conference Monday in Kyiv
Publishing date: 26 March 2006
KYIV, 25 March 2006- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 26 March, will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference at 13:30 on Monday, 27 March at...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht condemns police crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Minsk
Publishing date: 24 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 March 2006- OSCE Chairman in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed today his deep disappointment and regret over the overnight crackdown by the Belarusian authorities against the peaceful demonstration...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht concerned over continuous detentions amid post-election developments in Belarus
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his deep concern at the continuing arrests, detentions and arbitrary court trials of political and civil society activists after the 19 March...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent supports budget transparency training for community representatives
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
TASHKENT, 23 March 2006- About 50 representatives from Uzbekistan's self-governing communities known as mahallas began a three-day course today to learn about budgeting, accounting and financial reporting. The course, supported by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President briefs participating States on Belarus election
Publishing date: 22 March 2006
VIENNA, 22 March 2006- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Alcee Hastings told the Organization's participating States that the Parliamentary Assembly was willing to "continue dialogue with the Belarusian parliament and other authorities in Belarus"...
OSCE Office organizes discussion in Yerevan on cyber security threats
Publishing date: 21 March 2006
YEREVAN, 21 March 2006- Combating cyber crime and threats to cyber security were the topic of a roundtable discussion, organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Experts from the Armenian Task Force on cyber crime...
Belarusian election severely flawed due to arbitrary use of state power and restrictions on basic rights
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
MINSK, 20 March 2006- The Belarusian presidential election on 19 March failed to meet OSCE commitments for democratic elections, despite the fact that voters were offered the potential for a genuine choice between four candidates. Arbitrary use of...
OSCE Mission increases human rights support to Kosovo's provisional ministries
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
PRISTINA, 20 March 2006- Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Çeku and Ambassador Werner Wnendt, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today signed an agreement increasing the OSCE support in the field of human rights to the ministries of...
OSCE launches trial monitoring to improve Moldova's judiciary
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
CHISINAU, 20 March 2006- The OSCE Mission to Moldova announced today the launch of a national trial observation network to raise civil society's understanding of court procedures and to enhance citizens's trust in the judicial system...