News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
VIENNA, 14 October 2005- Identifying ways of combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes while ensuring continued respect for human rights was the aim of a meeting of experts that ended today in Vienna. Hosted by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman voices support for beginning of status talks on Kosovo
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
PRISTINA, 14 October 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today urged Kosovo's political and community leaderships to play an active part in the upcoming negotiations on the future status of Kosovo...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all sides to compromise on future status of Kosovo
Publishing date: 14 October 2005
BELGRADE, 14 October 2005-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, today called on authorities in both Belgrade and Pristina to be ready for compromise in the imminent negotiations on the future status of Kosovo...
OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative for Georgia advocates reopening dialogue between Georgia and South Ossetia
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
LJUBLJANA, 13 October 2005- "The Georgian and South Ossetian sides must take a step towards reopening the dialogue in order to calm down existing tensions and proceed with demilitarization", said Mircea Geoana, the Personal Representative for Georgia...
OSCE Mission supports implementation of decentralization reform
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
SKOPJE, 13 October 2005- The efficiency of decentralization reform in education was the focus of a meeting in Veles, jointly supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, the Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSIM) and the Association...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains consular officials on human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
KYIV, 13 October 2005- More than 80 representatives of foreign embassies and consulates, Ukrainian ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other international organizations gathered today in Kyiv for a two-day anti-trafficking course...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Hague Tribunal to release Croatian journalist
Publishing date: 11 October 2005
VIENNA, 11 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic, the former editor-in-chief of...
OSCE Office supports renovation of prison training centre in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 October 2005
YEREVAN, 11 October 2005-The training centre for prison staff of the Ministry of Justice was re-opened today in Yerevan after renovation work supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The newly-renovated training centre, with two auditoria and a...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Project Co-ordinator launch children's human rights education pilot project in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2005
KYIV, 10 October 2005- Increasing children's awareness of human rights is the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the Ukrainian...
OSCE conference raises awareness of women's access to economic and social resources in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2005
YSYKKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 9 October 2005- Violations of women's access to economic and social resources in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan were the focus of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which ended today in Ysykkol...