News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to develop advanced training for border security personnel in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 14 July 2004
BELGRADE, 14 July 2004- A two-day seminar in Belgrade will focus on regionally co-ordinated training measures for border security personnel in south-eastern Europe in order to help them reach EU standards. Organized jointly by the Republic of Serbia...
OSCE Mission concludes project to strengthen Serbian Police accountability
Publishing date: 14 July 2004
BELGRADE, 14 July 2004- An eight-month OSCE project to train and equip the staff of the Inspector General's Office of the Serbian police was concluded in Belgrade today with the hand-over of technical equipment to the Interior Ministry. The role of...
OSCE Mission concerned over prison sentence for libel, calls for reform of Croatian libel legislation
Publishing date: 13 July 2004
ZAGREB, 13 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern that a journalist was yesterday sentenced to prison for libel. The Split Municipal Court sentenced journalist Ljubica Letinic to a two-month suspended prison term. The verdict is now...
OSCE summer school guides Tajik young people on business management
Publishing date: 13 July 2004
KULYAB, 13 July 2004- More than 30 boys and girls attended a pioneering summer camp in southern Tajikistan, focusing on economic development and business management. "Start and improve your business" was the motto of the 10-day youth camp, organized...
OSCE Media Representative appalled by murder of Russian Forbes magazine editor
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
VIENNA, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was appalled at the murder of magazine editor Paul Khlebnikov in Moscow. "I am horrified at this brutal killing and call on the Russian...
OSCE Mission Head inaugurates Kosovo's new multi-ethnic TV station
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
PRISTINA, 12 July 2004- Pascal Fieschi, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today opened the first multi-ethnic private TV station in Kosovo, in the municipality of Strpce/Shterpce. TV Herc, brings together Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians in a...
OSCE Mission welcomes Italy-Serbia co-operation in fighting organized crime
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
BELGRADE, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the National Anti-Mafia Bureau of Italy and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Serbia, together with the Organized Crimes...
OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulates new President of Parliamentary Assembly on election
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
SOFIA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated U.S. Congressman Alcee L. Hastings on Friday on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
International conference on domestic violence begins in Minsk today
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
MINSK, 9 July 2004- A two-day international conference on how best to combat domestic violence began in Minsk today. The event is being supported by the OSCE Office in Minsk...