News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre launches environmental campaign in Tajikistan's remote Rasht valley
Publishing date: 4 August 2004
GARM, 4 August 2004- An awareness-raising campaign for the protection of the environment and bio-diversity in central Tajikistan's Rasht Valley was launched yesterday by the Garm Field Office of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. Establishing a basis for
UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned with postponed eviction in Vojnic
Publishing date: 3 August 2004
ZAGREB, 3 August 2004- The UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern today at reports that the execution of a 2001 court verdict to vacate the home of an elderly Serb returnee in Central Croatian town of Vojnic has once again been...
OSCE Centre training helps Uzbek law enforcement bodies to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 August 2004
TASHKENT, 3 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent launched the first specialized training course for law enforcement agencies on investigating human trafficking crimes. The five-day session brings together 25 experts from Uzbekistan's law...
OSCE Magazine spotlights Tajikistan's revitalized push for land reform
Publishing date: 2 August 2004
VIENNA, 2 August 2004- Tajikistan's ambitious land reform programme and its twin goals of economic and human security come under the spotlight in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue, now available online and in print. A series of articles examines how...
OSCE Mission Head says that adequate housing for former occupancy/tenancy rights holders key to closing refugee file in Croatia
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
ZAGREB, 30 July 2004- Commenting today on a recent verdict by the European Court of Human Rights, addressing the legality of terminating occupancy/tenancy rights, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia said the task of providing housing...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office deeply concerned over deterioration of situation in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
SOFIA, 30 July 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon Passy, expressed his deep concern with the further deterioration of the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict during the last 48 hours...
OSCE Presence in Albania regrets lack of consensus on property law
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
TIRANA, 30 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania acknowledges Thursday's vote in the Albanian Assembly, which amended the Law on the Restitution and Compensation of Property, but regrets that the Democratic Party and other opposition parties walked...
OSCE Mission supports further police training in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- The Serbian Interior Ministry and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro have today signed an agreement to identify further training needs of the Serbian Police in southern Serbia. According to the agreement, mission staff...
OSCE Mission provides international human rights training to judges from Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- Thirty judges depart Belgrade on Sunday to attend a two-week training course on International Human Rights at the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute in Prague. The project is part...
OSCE Centre supports setting up a Resource Centre for repatriate women in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2004
ALMATY, 29 July 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan today launched a one-year project to set up a resource centre for Kazakh returnee women in Almaty to provide social services...