News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission issues report on new criminal procedure code of Bosnian and Herzegovina courts
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
SARAJEVO, 17 December 2004- A report on the implementation of the new criminal procedure code in the courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was presented today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prepared by...
Regional travel documents security workshop held in Tashkent
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
TASHKENT, 16 December 2004- Experts from the Border Guard, Interior and Foreign Ministries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in a workshop on travel document security in the Uzbek capital on 15 and 16 Dec...
Media freedom Internet "cookbook" presented by OSCE's Miklos Haraszti
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
VIENNA, 16 December 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today presented a publication prepared by his Office which voices concern over limitations of access to the Internet and offers "recipes" on how to preserve the..
OSCE/ODIHR deploys large-scale election observation mission to monitor repeat voting in Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
KYIV, 16 December 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has extended its election observation mission in Ukraine to follow the repeat of the second round of the presidential election scheduled for...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
ASHGABAD/THE HAGUE, 16 December 2004- Rolf Ekeus, OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, paid an official visit to Turkmenistan from 13 to 15 December. He discussed issues such as a possible assessment of the living conditions of national...
OSCE Mission and Serbian Ministry of Interior hold regional conference on organized crime
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
BELGRADE, 16 December 2004- Improving the exchange of operational information and advancing regional co-operation in the fight against organized crime, particularly in drug smuggling, was the focus of a two-day conference that ended yesterday in...
OSCE Kosovo Mission helps local authorities boost service to citizens
Publishing date: 15 December 2004
PRISTINA, 15 December 2004- A four-day public relations training course for more than 20 municipal information officers is taking place this week in Pristina. It will help Kosovo institutions provide better services and improve communication with the...
Southeast Europe prosecutors agree on co-operation at OSCE Mission meeting in Belgrade
Publishing date: 15 December 2004
BELGRADE, 15 December 2004- Prosecutors and justice officials from 13 countries of south-east Europe signed today at an OSCE Mission-organized meeting in Belgrade documents on co-operation to combat transborder crime. The ceremony took place at...
OSCE Mission calls for Serbia's local self-government assemblies to start working
Publishing date: 14 December 2004
BELGRADE, 14 December 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today called for the establishment of all municipal assemblies in Serbia where this process has not yet been completed following recent local elections. Maurizio Massari...
Municipalities to receive Tolerance Prize from OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 14 December 2004
BELGRADE, 14 December 2004- The municipalities of Pirot in eastern Serbia and Bijelo Polje in Montenegro won the Municipal Tolerance Prize of the year, awarded by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. Head of Mission Maurizio Massari will present...