News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence Head delivers review of Albanian media legislation to Prime Minister Nano
Publishing date: 27 October 2004
TIRANA, 27 October 2004- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Pavel Vacek, today delivered a set of five expert reviews of Albanian media legislation to Prime Minister Fatos Nano. The purpose of the reviews...
OSCE Centre holds training course for Uzbek women on rights
Publishing date: 27 October 2004
TASHKENT, 27 October 2004- A training course focusing on women's rights and co-operation between NGOs working in this field is being held in the Uzbek capital. Organized by...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes calm and orderly elections in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 October 2004
SOFIA, 27 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, welcomed the calm and orderly conduct of the Assembly Election in Kosovo on 23 October and commended the people of the province for...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps implement law on local self-government
Publishing date: 25 October 2004
SKOPJE, 25 October 2004- A three-day seminar on promoting good governance at the municipal level began today in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission...
OSCE Centre trains Uzbek border guards and custom officials on intercepting illegal guns, spotting false travel documents
Publishing date: 25 October 2004
TASHKENT, 25 October 2004- A training course aimed at improving Uzbekistan's border management, focusing on the problems of arms smuggling and the use of fake travel documents, was launched today by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent. This four-week...
OSCE Croatia mission condemns bomb attack on party office in Vukovar, warns against rash reactions
Publishing date: 22 October 2004
ZAGREB, 22 October 2004- Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today condemned a recent bomb attack on an office of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) in Vukovar. The incident occurred on Wednesday in Vukovar's Borovo Naselje district...
Moldovan public broadcasting lacks alternative voices, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 22 October 2004
VIENNA, 22 October 2004- "There is too much government and insufficient alternative opinion on Moldova's public broadcaster", the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said concluding a fact-finding visit to Moldova. The...
OSCE Presence welcomes new laws on Central Election Commission and voter registration in Albania
Publishing date: 22 October 2004
TIRANA, 22 October 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the passage by the Albanian Assembly yesterday of the law on changing the Electoral Code with regard to the composition of the Central Election Commission...
OSCE Office in Baku issues statement on conclusion of opposition leaders trial
Publishing date: 22 October 2004
BAKU, 22 October 2004- The Office in Baku issued the following statement today: "The OSCE Office in Baku welcomes the end of the trials of the final group of defendants, arraigned on charges arising out of civil disturbances after the Presidential...
OSCE Chairman calls on Albanian parties to work together on electoral reform
Publishing date: 22 October 2004
TIRANA, 22 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called on Albania's political parties to work together on important electoral reforms and pledged the support of the OSCE in this process...