News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission supports local police efforts to increase road safety
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
SKOPJE, 3 June 2005- A country-wide public awareness campaign to increase road safety began today with the support of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The Road Safety for All campaign is part...
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo provisional authorities to maintain reform momentum
Publishing date: 2 June 2005
LJUBLJANA, 2 June 2005- OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel urged Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi on Thursday to maintain the momentum of reform in the province and ensure strict implementation of standards, especially in the area of minority protection...
OSCE/ODIHR publishes two reports on hate crimes and education on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 2 June 2005
WARSAW, 2 June 2005- Two reports giving an overview of education on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism and the prevention of hate crimes in the OSCE area have been published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Centre sponsors art competition for children in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 2 June 2005
ASHGABAD, 2 June 2005- Children of all ages took part in an art competition in the Turkmenistan capital, using art forms to express concern about the world, suggest possible solutions for these concerns and share their dreams, expectations and hopes...
OSCE Chairman's representative recommends code of conduct for Kyrgyz presidential candidates
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
BISHKEK, 1 June 2005- Alojz Peterle, the OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative for Central Asia, called on Kyrgyzstan's presidential candidates today to agree a politically binding code of conduct for the 10 July election, which he said was vital...
OSCE Kosovo mission supports minority language radio news programmes
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
MITROVICE/MITROVICA, 1 June 2005- Four radio stations in the Mitrovice/Mitrovica region today started to produce and broadcast daily news programmes in the Roma, Bosnian and Turkish languages, with financial support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo....
Head of OSCE Office in Minsk says sentences for opposition figures unjustified
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
MINSK, 1 June 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, expressed his concern over the criminal sentences handed down yesterday by the Minsk District Court on two prominent Belarusian opposition figures...
Council of Europe Office and OSCE Presence support discussion on code of conduct for Albanian media in elections
Publishing date: 1 June 2005
TIRANA, 1 June 2005- The Council of Europe Office in Tirana and the OSCE Presence in Albania welcomed the discussion on a code of conduct for Albanian media professionals during elections by the participants in a seminar on media and elections, held...
International organizations present study assessing human trafficking in Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
KYIV, 31 May 2005- The British Council, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, UNICEF and USAID today presented a study "Trafficking in Ukraine. An Assessment of Current Responses." The study was...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russian-Georgian declaration on base closure
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 31 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Tuesday welcomed a joint declaration of the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation and Georgia on the closure of Russian bases and other military facilities in Georgia, which was adopted...