News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission and Swedish Government to strengthen crime scene investigation capacity in Serbia
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
BELGRADE, 4 October 2004- Under an agreement signed today in Belgrade, Sweden will donate 1.35 million euros to Serbia's Interior Ministry to enhance its crime scene investigation capabilities. TheSwedish police will train 250 crime scene and forensic...
BiH elections mark progress towards democracy, international observers report
Publishing date: 3 October 2004
SARAJEVO, 3 October 2004- The municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday were administered in line with international standards, taking into account the country's unique, post-war political system, concluded the International Election...
OSCE Mission sponsors Croatian police visit to Germany
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
ZAGREB, 1 October 2004- Five senior Croatian police officers will travel on Saturday to Germany for a one week visit to study methods of human resource management in a modern European police service. The visit is organized...
OSCE Mission to support second round of local election monitoring in Serbia this weekend
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
BELGRADE, 1 October 2004- The Belgrade-based non-governmental organization, the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID), will monitor the second round of municipal elections this Sunday with the financial support of the OSCE Mission to...
An exhibition of 14 young photographers to open in Warsaw on Monday
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
WARSAW, 1 October 2004- A photo exhibition called "Europe in 2004: Democracy and Human Rights" will open in Warsaw on Monday, 4 October, in conjunction with the start of the OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights...
OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...
OSCE Belgrade mission holds training on international human rights laws
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
BELGRADE, 30 September 2004- A seminar on international human rights laws will be held from 1 to 3 October at Lake Palic. It will focus on UN special procedures and affirmative action measures in international law. Lawyers working with NGOs providing...
OSCE Moldova Mission offers training to young Roma leaders on fighting trafficking
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
CHISINAU, 30 September 2004- A workshop aimed at helping young Roma leaders to combat human trafficking started today in Chisinau. The 3-day event is among the first of its kind in Moldova. As part of the OSCE Mission's framework two-year project...
OSCE Moldova Mission trains judges, prosecutors in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 29 September 2004
CHISINAU, 29 September 2004- The first of a series of six anti-trafficking training seminars for judges and prosecutors started today in Orhei, 50 kilometres north of the Moldovan capital. Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases while...
OSCE security forum urges destruction of thousands of tonnes of dangerous ammunition and weapons
Publishing date: 29 September 2004
VIENNA, 29 September 2004- The OSCE's Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) held a special meeting today on the risks posed by poorly-guarded stockpiles of deteriorating surplus conventional weapons and munitions, left over from the Cold War era...