News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship worried about tensions in Transdniestrian region
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
CHISINAU, 9 September 2004- Former Bulgarian President, Petar Stoyanov, Special Envoy for Moldova of the OSCE Chairmanship, discussed today with the Moldovan and the Transdniestrian leaderships the prospects of easing the tensions between both sides...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office held telephone conversation with leader of South Ossetia
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
SOFIA, 9 September 2004- In a telephone conversation, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, and the South Ossetian Leader, Eduard Kokoity, discussed the situation in South Ossetia as well as the possibilities...
OSCE Permanent Council honours victims of terrorism in Russia with minute's silence
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council honoured the victims of a recent series of brutal terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation with a minute's silence on Thursday. After a number of heads of delegation expressed their sympathy and...
OSCE-UNODC conference calls for better information sharing on border management
Publishing date: 9 September 2004
VIENNA, 9 September 2004- Experts from 16 international organizations attending a conference on promoting more effective border management and security called for an increase in information sharing to address challenges of "open but safe borders". On
Responsibilities of civil servants who are candidates for Kosovo Assembly election
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
PRISTINA, 8 September 2004- The Ministry of Public Services and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo would like to remind civil servants who are candidates for the Assembly of Kosovo Election on October 23 of their rights and obligations. In accordance with...
Head of OSCE Office criticizes prison sentences passed on two accused of defaming Belarus President
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
MINSK, 8 September 2004- A judge of the Leninsky District Court in Grodno, yesterday sentenced Valery Levonevsky and his deputy Alexander Vasilyev to two years imprisonment for defaming the President of Belarus...
OSCE Chairman appoints special co-ordinators to lead election observation missions to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and United States
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, has appointed four OSCE parliamentarians as special co-ordinators to lead observation missions for forthcoming elections in Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and the United States...
Former Bulgarian President to travel to Moldova as Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 September 2004
SOFIA, 8 September 2004- As part of its ongoing effort to encourage negotiations over the Transdniestrian problems, the Bulgarian OSCE Chairmanship has announced that a Special Envoy will travel to Moldova...
OSCE signs agreement with Afghanistan on support for presidential election
Publishing date: 7 September 2004
KABUL, 7 September 2004- The OSCE signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Afghanistan on Tuesday concerning the Organization's support for the Afghan presidential election on 9 October. The Memorandum covers...
OSCE Mission welcomes opening of Serbia's first Prison Staff Academy
Publishing date: 7 September 2004
NIS, 7 September 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed the opening of the first Prison Staff Academy in Nis as an important step towards creating a modern and professional prison service in Serbia...