News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator awards top Ukrainian journalism students
Publishing date: 14 November 2005
KYIV, 14 November 2005- An awards ceremony today marked the end of a pilot project by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine providing internships for outstanding journalism students from different regions of Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes new Macedonian broadcast law
Publishing date: 11 November 2005
VIENNA, 11 November 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, lauded the new Law on Broadcast Activity, passed Wednesday at a Parliamentary session in Skopje, to regulate the private broadcasting industry, as well as...
OSCE Mission and Kosovo Ministry launch campaign to tackle illegal occupation
Publishing date: 11 November 2005
PRISTINA, 11 November 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, together with Kosovo's Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry, today launched a multi-media public awareness campaign to tackle the issue of illegal occupation of property...
OSCE Mission acknowledges adoption of Montenegrin Law on Free Access to Information and encourages its implementation
Publishing date: 11 November 2005
PODGORICA, 11 November 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro acknowledged the adoption of the Law on Free Access to Information by the Montenegrin Parliament on 8 of November...
OSCE Centre applauds Kazakhstan's legal moves to combat money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 10 November 2005
ALMATY, 10 November 2005-Kazakhstan's recent legislative initiatives to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism were praised today during a roundtable on this issue, organized by the Centre in Almaty...
OSCE Centre supports entrepreneurship in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 November 2005
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 November- Over 20 participants from local business associations, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and government structures will participate in an intensive ten-day training seminar on entrepreneurship, beginning today in...
OSCE conference participants call for "global network" to suppress terrorist financing
Publishing date: 9 November 2005
VIENNA, 9 November 2005- High-level representatives from international organiza-tions and OSCE States, attending an anti-terrorism financing conference in Vienna, called today for the building of a "global anti-terrorism network" to help suppress...
OSCE regional workshop on sex crimes investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
ALMATY, 8 November 2005- Representatives of police forces from Central Asian countries are taking part in the first OSCE regional workshop on the investigation of sex crimes, which begins today in Almaty...
OSCE to host international conference on combating the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
VIENNA, 8 November 2005- A number of international organizations including NATO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with a high-level delegation from the US State Department, will join senior OSCE officials tomorrow for a meeting...
OSCE Dushanbe conference focuses on role of transport in regional economic co-operation
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2005- An international conference on the role of transport in boosting regional economic co-operation and security among the OSCE's 55 participating States ends today in Dushanbe.