News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
VIENNA, 7 June 2005- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said on Tuesday that new Italian media legislation introduced in 2004 had not significantly altered the unusually high concentration of ownership in the country's television industry...
OSCE Chairman praises role of NGOs in promoting tolerance
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
SEVILLE, 7 June 2005- NGOs play a vital role in providing support for the OSCE's efforts to combat discrimination and promote tolerance, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Tuesday...
OSCE police assistance programme helps organize Police Day in Bishkek
Publishing date: 6 June 2005
BISHKEK, 6 June 2005- Raising awareness of police activities and developing a closer relationship with the public were the aims of a Police Open Day in Bishkek, organized on Saturday by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...
OSCE Office in Baku welcomes peaceful conduct of opposition rally, praises Mayor's office
Publishing date: 6 June 2005
BAKU, 6 June 2005- The OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed the peaceful and orderly conduct of a 4 June opposition rally and praised the Mayor's office for finding an appropriate location. The rally was...
OSCE Mission helps organize international conference on local government reform in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 June 2005
PRISTINA, 5 June 2005- A two-day conference focusing on local government reform will begin in Prishtine/Pristina tomorrow, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the PISG Ministry of Local Government Administration, the Association of Kosovo...
OSCE Mission provides bar exam training for lawyers in Sandzak
Publishing date: 4 June 2005
NOVI PAZAR, 4 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, in co-operation with the Belgrade NGO Projuris Organization for Legal Education, concluded a bar exam training programme for 60 lawyers from throughout the Serbian region of Sandzak...
OSCE helps Kazakhstan to secure surplus small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
ALMATY, 3 June 2005- International experts and Kazakhstani officials worked out a set of recommendations on secure storage and destruction of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition for Kazakhstan's government during a two-day OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over new regulation on newspaper titles in Belarus
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
VIENNA, 3 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has voiced his concern over a new presidential decree in Belarus, which bans the use of the words "national" and "Belarusian" by NGOs and media in their official titles and names...
OSCE and Council of Europe encourage consultation on freedom of assembly law in Armenia
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
YEREVAN, 3 June, 2005- The right to freedom of assembly was the focus of a meeting held by the OSCE and the Council of Europe in Yerevan today. It brought together government officials, parliamentarians, members of political parties, civil society...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes training for judges of the country's new administrative courts
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
KYIV, 3 June 2005- New standards of administrative justice and administrative law were the focus of a five-day training course which ended today in Kyiv. Organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and...