News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Kosovo Mission welcomes democratic education programme
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
PRIZREN, 24 March 2005- Some 40 students, professors, parents and school managers met students of minority communities in Prizren today to discuss reforms in Kosovo education. The event was organized...
OSCE Representative urges Kyrgyz opposition to show responsibility
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
BISHKEK, 24 March 2005- The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, called on all opposition forces in Kyrgyzstan to work towards a peaceful resolution of the current political crisis...
OSCE Presence and Albanian Ministry sign agreement on assistance to prevent duplication in voter lists
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
TIRANA, 24 March 2005- The OSCE Presence in Albania today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization to assist the Ministry and Albanian mayors in cleaning up duplications in voter lists...
OSCE says Kyrgyz President Akayev is not on OSCE premises
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
BISHKEK, 24 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for the OSCE States in Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, said on Thursday that press reports that Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev had taken refuge in the OSCE Centre were incorrect...
OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative starts talks in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
BISHKEK, 24 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for the OSCE States in Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, arrived in Bishkek on Thursday for talks with government and opposition leaders...
Greater transparency in campaign financing essential, OSCE Kosovo Mission says
Publishing date: 24 March 2005
PRISTINA, 24 March 2005- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today made public the final Report on Political Entity Campaign Financial Disclosures. The Political Party Registration Office...
Head of OSCE Minsk Office visits Mikhail Marinich in prison hospital
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
MINSK, 23 March 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, together with British Ambassador Brian Bennett and the lawyer Vera Stremkovksaya, today visited former Minister of Foreign Economics Relations Mikhail Marinich in...
OSCE Troika urges parties in Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2005- Foreign Ministers from the OSCE Troika, led by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel of Slovenia, urged all parties in Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence when they met their colleagues from the European Union Troika...
OSCE Mission issues report on war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina courts
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
SARAJEVO, 23 March 2005- The first report on war crimes trials before the domestic courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented today by the OSCE Mission. "This Report highlights how some courts and prosecutors have made conscientious efforts to...
OSCE Mission provides border police in Serbia and Montenegro with modern equipment
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
BELGRADE, 23 March 2005- Technical equipment, including computers which will provide information exchange on wanted persons, stolen vehicles, lost, stolen or forged documents, was today handed over by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro to the...