News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on sharing of budget contributions until 2007
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
LJUBLJANA, 25 November 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed satisfaction at the decision today by all 55 participating States to approve the Organization's "scales of contribution", or method of...
OSCE Centre to hold conference on domestic violence in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 November 2005
DUSHANBE, 24 November 2005- Ways of combating domestic violence will be the focus of a conference that opens tomorrow in the Tajik capital. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the event will bring together over 150 participants representing...
OSCE Centre helps organize conference on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2005
BISHKEK, 24 November 2005- Constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan is the main topic of a conference that today opened in Bishkek, bringing together government officials, national and international experts, as well as representatives of civil society...
OSCE Representative urges regional anti-trafficking seminar to create better data-gathering arrangements
Publishing date: 23 November 2005
VIENNA, 23 November 2005- A platform that would facilitate data collection, monitoring and evaluation and enhance regional co-operation and co-ordination, was backed by the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Dr....
OSCE Mission offers guidelines for Kosovo media and police
Publishing date: 23 November 2005
PRISTINA, 23 November 2005- In order to promote a better understanding of the rights and responsibilities of police and journalists and to enhance the professional relationship between them, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo has developed guidelines for each...
OSCE Office helps organize event in London to attract investments in Armenia's mining sector
Publishing date: 23 November 2005
YEREVAN, 23 November 2005- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development yesterday organized a seminar on investment opportunities in Armenia's mining sector within the framework of the World Mining Congress in London...
OSCE experts visit Kaliningrad, work out plan to destroy surplus munitions
Publishing date: 22 November 2005
VIENNA, 22 November 2005- A team of OSCE experts visited the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation from 15 to 22 November to work out a plan for the destruction of some 20,000 metric tons of surplus conventional ammunition...
OSCE conference for South Caucasus journalists focuses on public service broadcasting and the Internet
Publishing date: 21 November 2005
VIENNA, 21 November 2005- The editorial independence of public service broadcasting and press freedom on the Internet were the focus of the Second South Caucasus Media Conference that ended on Friday in Tbilisi...
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for an inclusive discussion on changes to Albanian election process
Publishing date: 18 November 2005
TIRANA, 18 November 2005- Amb. Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, today stressed the need for Albania to take full charge of any discussion and decisions aimed at improving its electoral system.
OSCE and Council of Europe sign agreement on common goals in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
STRASBOURG, 17 November 2005- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, today signed an agreement on local and regional self-government in south-eastern Europe...