News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports strengthening of independent judiciary in the country
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
SKOPJE, 28 December 2005- Increasing the transparency and independence of the judicial system was the goal of an OSCE-sponsored workshop that ended in Skopje. Thirty-five participants, including...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports mediation training in remote village of Urvic
Publishing date: 27 December 2005
SKOPJE, 27 December 2005- Improving communication between school management and parents, and raising public awareness on the decentralization of education in rural communities was the aim of a series of OSCE workshops in the remote village of Urvic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvement of police oversight mechanism
Publishing date: 22 December 2005
SKOPJE, 22 December, 2005- Improvements to the national police oversight mechanism and the need for an independent external oversight body, fully consistent with European standards, were among the recommendations in a recent report by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes approval of 2006 budget by participating States
Publishing date: 20 December 2005
VIENNA, 20 December 2005- The Slovenian Chairmanship today welcomed the decision, at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2006, amounting to 168.2 million EUR...
OSCE Chairman and Mission to Skopje welcome European Union member candidate status
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
SKOPJE, 19 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, and the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomed the decision of the European Council to grant the host country candidate status for EU membership. "We congratulate...
OSCE Experts lead advanced crime investigation course in Tbilisi Police Academy
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
TBILISI, 19 December 2005.- Twenty Georgian crime police instructors today completed the advanced crime investigation course at the Tbilisi Police Academy, which was a joint effort of the OSCE Missions to Georgia and Kosovo.
OSCE Mission supports opening of Aarhus public environmental Centre in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
TBILISI, 19 December 2005- An Aarhus public environmental information Centre, supported by the OSCE Mission to Georgia, today opened in Tbilisi. It will offer access to a specialized library, the Internet, legal expertise and environmental information...
OSCE Mission and international community in Croatia call for urgent action to stop returnee from losing home
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
ZAGREB, 16 December 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and other international community principals in Zagreb today expressed their concern over yesterday's court auction of the house of a Croatian Serb returnee...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps train teachers to work in multi-ethnic pre-schools
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
SKOPJE, 16 December 2005- Raising the standards of pre-school education and ensuring the inclusion of all ethnic groups, especially marginalized ones, was the aim of a series of workshops that ended today in Skopje. Twenty school teachers...
OSCE Mission holds meeting to discuss rehabilitation projects for Georgian-Ossetian zone of conflict
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
TSKHINVALI, 16 December 2005- Rehabilitation and development projects within the Georgian-Ossetian zone of conflict was the focus of a meeting today in Tskhinvali, organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...