News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman welcomes Ukrainian President's initiative to balance and energize the Transdniestrian settlement process
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
KYIV, 19 October 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today encouraged Ukraine to continue its active engagement in the process of resolving the Transdniestrian issue in neighbouring Moldova...
OSCE Office Head concerned over mass detentions in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
BAKU, 19 October 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi, today expressed his deep concern over the deterioration of the political situation in Azerbaijan and its potential impact on the election campaign...
OSCE Mission supports new regional Ombudsman offices
Publishing date: 19 October 2005
SKOPJE, 19 October 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today welcomed the opening of a regional Ombudsman Office in Tetovo, which will serve people both in Tetovo and in nearby villages. This office is one of six being opened this month...
Implementation of Croatian Constitutional Law on national minorities must improve, OSCE conference assesses
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
ZAGREB, 18 October 2005- A first review of the implementation of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities was the focus of a conference held today in Zagreb by the OSCE Mission to Croatia. Chairing the conference, Ambassador...
OSCE/ODIHR to observe Kazakh presidential election
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
ALMATY/WARSAW, 18 October 2005- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 4 December presidential election in the Republic of Kazakhstan...
OSCE Presence donates solar generators to Albanian border and migration police
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
TIRANA, 18 October 2005- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the donation of eight solar generators to the country's Border and Migration Police...
Transdniestrian settlement will strengthen Moldova's integrity, says OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
CHISINAU, 18 October 2005- "The OSCE is committed to finding a peaceful political settlement to the Transdniestrian question", the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said during his visit to Moldova today...
OSCE Centre launches project on youth empowerment in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 18 October 2005- Establishing new and effective mechanisms for a mutually-beneficial relationship between institutions of higher education, the labour market, and potential young employees is the aim of a pilot project...
Chairman-in-Office stresses need for OSCE reform during visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 17 October 2005
MOSCOW, 17 October 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, today underlined in their meeting in Moscow the need for strengthening the effectiveness of the OSCE...
OSCE Mission and USAID to help Georgia update its civil registry system
Publishing date: 17 October 2005
TBILISI, 17 October 2005- The OSCE Mission to Georgia and the US Agency for International Development are to help Georgia establish a modernized civil registry system, which will store data on...