News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence and Council of Europe Office welcome agreement on redrawing Albanian electoral zones
Publishing date: 28 February 2005
TIRANA, 28 February 2005- The OSCE Presence and the Office of the Council of Europe in Albania today welcomed the agreement on redrawing the country's 100 electoral zones reached by the principal Albanian political parties. A compromise was reached by...
OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned that refugee may lose house a second time
Publishing date: 24 February 2005
ZAGREB, 24 February 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that Serb refugee Jovan Rapaic, who repossessed his house in Korenica only after a long legal battle, may lose it again...
OSCE Chairman sees merit in idea of building on OSCE election commitments
Publishing date: 24 February 2005
VIENNA, 24 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Thursday he was open to the idea of building on OSCE election commitments agreed in Copenhagen in 1990...
OSCE Mission issues statement on the appointment of the Broadcasting Council in Serbia
Publishing date: 24 February 2005
BELGRADE, 24 February 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, has issued the following statement on the recent appointment of the Republican Broadcasting Agency Council by the National Assembly of Serb...
OSCE Chairman calls for closer co-operation with Council of Europe
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Wednesday that the OSCE and the Council of Europe should work together effectively on issues such as human rights and terrorism without...
OSCE and Council of Europe hold high-level meeting, issue joint declaration
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, and the Secretaries General of...
OSCE Office signs memorandum with Armenian Defence Ministry on elimination of rocket fuel component stocks
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
YEREVAN, 23 February 2005- A memorandum of understanding on the elimination of rocket fuel component stocks in Armenia was signed yesterday in Yerevan by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, and the Minister of Defence...
OSCE Chairman appoints ex-Slovenian Prime Minister as Personal Representative for Central Asia
Publishing date: 22 February 2005
LJUBLJANA, 22 February 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has appointed Slovenia's first Prime Minister, Alojz Peterle, to be his Personal Representative for the OSCE States in Central Asia...
OSCE Centres organize seminar for Central Asian students
Publishing date: 21 February 2005
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 21 February 2005- Over 50 students from all five Central Asian countries gathered today in Issyk-Kul for a seminar to promote better relations and friendly cross-border contacts among students in the region. The five-day event...
Multilateral organizations rule of law pledge
Publishing date: 18 February 2005
STRASBOURG, 18 February 2005- High-level representatives of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the United Nations today pledged to work together to promote the rule of law. Rule of law was...