News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission welcomes Croatia's maturing democracy
Publishing date: 17 November 2005
VIENNA, 17 November 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes, today presented the latest bi-annual Mission Report to the OSCE Permanent Council, outlining the progress he judges Croatian authorities have made in fields...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of new law on police, calls for effective implementation and oversight
Publishing date: 16 November 2005
BELGRADE, 16 November 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed the adoption of the new Law on Police by the Serbian legislature, but noted that effective implementation is essential and that the legislative framework...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad supports English language training course for academics and doctors
Publishing date: 16 November 2005
ASHGABAD, 16 November 2005- Forty-two employees of various research, educational and medical institutions from across Turkmenistan today received certificates for having completed an English language course, supported by a co-operative initiative...
OSCE Centre supports festival of environmental journalism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
ALMATY, 15 November 2005- The 5th Festival of Environmental Journalism ended yesterday in Almaty with an award ceremony for the best TV, radio programmes and printed materials focusing on environmental problems in Central Asia...
OSCE Chairman urges Joint Control Commission to seek basis for dialogue in Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
BRDO PRI KRANJU, 15 November 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel today opened a meeting of the Joint Control Commission on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict by urging the participants to pave the way for an early dialogue at the highest level...
OSCE Mission holds seminar for Georgian and Ossetian students on human rights
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
TBILISI, 15 November 2005- Forty-five Georgian and Ossetian students took part in a five-day seminar on human rights laws and conflict resolution, that ended this week. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia and...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes study trip for Georgian police
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
SKOPJE, 15 November 2005- A group of high-ranking Georgian police officers arrived yesterday in Skopje to study police reform, particularly in the field of community policing. The visit is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and...
OSCE Centre supports development of "business incubators" in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
BISHKEK, 15 November 2005- Developing business incubators that nurture young firms, helping them to survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most vulnerable, and their role in reducing poverty in Kyrgyzstan, will be the focus...
OSCE Mission hosts first regional conference on police education and training in Belgrade
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
BELGRADE, 15 November 2005- Evaluating current police education and identifying additional joint police training programmes were the aims of the first Regional Conference on Police Training, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...
OSCE Centre supports election lessons for first-time voters in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
ALMATY, 15 November 2005- Over 7,000 secondary school students from 10 regions of Kazakhstan who can cast their vote for the first time in the forthcoming presidential election on 4 December are today beginning a special course on elections, supported...