News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission encourages lifelong learning in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
PRISTINA, 16 December 2005- Lifelong learning is a guiding principle for developing education and training policy and introducing this concept to Kosovo is the focus of a two-day conference, which began today in Prishtine/Pristina...
Serbian Interior Ministry and OSCE Mission host annual meeting of south-eastern European police chiefs
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
BELGRADE, 16 December 2005- Developing better co-operation between police services in the Balkans was the aim of the annual Executive Board Meeting of the Southeast European Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) that ended in Belgrade today...
OSCE Mission review of Kosovo lawmaking offers scope for improvements in efficiency
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
PRISTINA, 15 December 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today published a new report reviewing the implementation of Kosovo Assembly Laws by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG)...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports Ombudsman staff training
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
SKOPJE, 15 December, 2005- A training course for Ombudsman deputies and investigators on professional and standardised case handling procedures, and good governance ended today in Skopje. The event, aimed at improving...
OSCE's role in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains crucial, says High Representative Lord Ashdown
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
VIENNA, 15 December 2005- The OSCE will continue to play a crucial part in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the outgoing High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, said today...
OSCE project in Ukraine helps military officers acquire new skills to find jobs
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
KYIV, 15 December 2005- Sixty Ukrainian military officers graduated today in the city of Khmelnytskyi after completing OSCE courses, designed to help them develop new professional skills. "As part of the ongoing reform of the country's Armed Forces...
OSCE Centre organizes workshop in Ashgabad on combating financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 14 December 2005
ASHGABAD, 14 December 2005- Legal and administrative tools to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism are the focus of a workshop which today opened in Ashgabad. The two-day event...
OSCE Mission holds competition, announces best entrepreneurs in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 14 December 2005
BELGRADE, 14 December 2005- The winners of a competition promoting small-and medium-size enterprises in southern Serbia were today announced in Belgrade by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...
OSCE Mission to Croatia and Central State Administration Office support establishment of permanent election body
Publishing date: 13 December 2005
ZAGREB, 13 December 2005- The establishment of a permanent and independent State Election Commission was today supported by participants of a meeting in the Sabor (Parliament). The event, organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and...
OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings helps joint fight against child trafficking
Publishing date: 13 December 2005
VIENNA, 13 December 2005- Reinforcing that the fight against child trafficking is a priority for the OSCE, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in Vienna announced a new joint initiative...