News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office presents study on development of Armenia's remote Syunik province
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
YEREVAN, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Office in Yerevan yesterday presented the report of a year-long study of the social-economic development of Armenia's most remote province, Syunik. "There is a certain progress...
OSCE Mission trains Moldovan police officers in fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
CHISINAU, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has awarded certificates today to 18 Moldovan police officers, recognizing their successful completion of a training course on investigation techniques to combat human trafficking...
OSCE Skopje Mission aids publication of new handbook for local councillors
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
SKOPJE, 11 February, 2005- A "Handbook for Elected Municipal Officials" that has been supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje will be presented today to the public. The publication provides elected officials within a decentralized...
OSCE Mission trains Serbian legal officials on cyber crime
Publishing date: 11 February 2005
BELGRADE, 11 February 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro organized a five-day training programme for Serbian legal officials on the increasing use of advanced computer systems by organized criminal groups...
OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission visits occupied regions of Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- An OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission visited the seven occupied regions of Azerbaijan around Nagorno-Karabakh from 31 January to 6 February 2005 to examine the question of Armenian settlements in these territories.
UN SRSG Jessen-Petersen sees continued important role for OSCE in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Kosovo, said on Thursday that the OSCE would continue to play an important role in Kosovo as the United Nations presence is scaled down...
Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...
OSCE Mission gives additional support to the Office of the Serbian Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
BELGRADE, 9 February 2005- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today met Serbia's Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime to discuss further co-operation on fighting organized crime...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents textbook on OSCE to mark Office's 5th Anniversary
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
YEREVAN, 9 February 2005- A textbook entitled "OSCE history, principles and perspectives" was presented today on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative criticises sentencing of Austrian author in Greece
Publishing date: 8 February 2005
VIENNA, 9 February 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern over a six-month suspended prison sentence for blasphemy imposed by a Greek court on Austrian author Gerhard Haderer over his comic book...