News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje mission supports students in bridging ethnic divide
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
SKOPJE, 8 October 2004- Thirty members of the Kumanovo Youth Alliance will meet today at Globocica mountain house, Kumanovo, for a three-day capacity and team-building exercise to enhance relations between ethnic communities. "The aim...
OSCE Centres to hold workshops in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
ALMATY/ISSYK-KUL, 8 October 2004- Combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime will be on the agenda of workshops taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11 and 12 October and Issyk-kul, Kyrgyzstan on 14 and 15 October. The events are...
Certification of new Kosovo Serb entity for 2004 Assembly Election
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
PRISTINA, 6 October 2004- A second Kosovo Serb entity has been certified to take part in the 2004 Assembly Election. The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Soren Jessen-Petersen, authorized in an executive decision...
Media Resource Centre opens in Dushanbe with help of OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2004- A Media Resource Centre which will give Tajik journalists access to the internet, satellite television and various publications opened in Dushanbe. Supported by the OSCE Centre in...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Council of Europe train lawyers on Strasbourg court procedures
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
SKOPJE, 7 October 2004- A three-day training course aimed at familiarising lawyers with the European Convention on Human Rights and complaint procedures of the Strasburg-based European Court for Human Rights began today in Ohrid. Enabling lawyers to...
Ballots sent to By-mail voters for Kosovo's Assembly Election
Publishing date: 6 October 2004
PRISTINA, 6 October 2004- Ballots are on their way today to the 5,959 eligible voters who successfully applied in the By-mail voting programme for the 23 October Assembly election, according to an announcement by Kosovo's Central Election Commission...
OSCE Centre helps organize regional workshop on environmental issues in Central Asia
Publishing date: 5 October 2004
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 5 October 2004- Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are gathering in Issyk-Kul for a workshop from 5 to 7 October to discuss ways of dealing with environmental issues in the region. They will...
No concern over secrecy of vote in Afghan presidential election- OSCE Election Support Team chief
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
KABUL, 4 October 2004- The system to guarantee the secrecy of the vote in the 9 October presidential election in Afghanistan is near to foolproof, Ambassador Robert Barry, Head of the OSCE Election Support Team, said at a press conference today...
OSCE Chairman concerned at holding of Abkhaz "presidential election"
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
SOFIA, 4 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy expressed his concern about the holding of presidential elections yesterday by the Abkhaz leadership on the territory under its control...
OSCE Belgrade seminar focuses on assistance to human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
BELGRADE, 4 October 2004- Recognizing that trafficked persons are "victims" rather than criminals and improving the standards of care are the focus of an interactive two-day training seminar starting today in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission...