News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence welcomes Albanian President's decision to return property law to Parliament
Publishing date: 5 July 2004
TIRANA, 5 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the decision of the country's President, reached after careful consultation and consideration, to return to the Albanian Assembly a law on the Restitution and Compensation of Property...
OSCE/ODIHR assists Kazakhstan's Judicial Academy in launching magistrate programme
Publishing date: 2 July 2004
ALMATY/WARSAW, 2 July 2004- A workshop in Almaty from 5 to 9 July will help develop a policy strategy for the Judicial Academy, a recently established training institution for future and sitting judges under the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. It is...
OSCE Office to hold training on women's rights education in Armenia
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
YEREVAN, 1 July 2004- In order to support women's rights education and develop their leadership skills, the OSCE Office in Yerevan this week began a 5-day training course for regional trainers...
OSCE Presence welcomes agreement on elections in Albania
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
TIRANA, 1 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes today's agreement between the Socialist and Democratic parties to implement joint recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission on the electoral law and electoral administration...
OSCE holds workshop on small arms and light weapons in Skopje
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
SKOPJE, 1 July 2004- An OSCE workshop aimed at improving co-operation between eight countries in eastern and south-eastern Europe in controlling small arms and light weapons began in Skopje today...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Dutch Embassy support community policing activists
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
SKOPJE, 1 July 2004- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today began a training session for some 300 members of Citizens Advisory Groups, which have been created with the OSCE Mission's assistance to support a community policing initiative...
OSCE Office in Baku launches legal clinic for people with low income
Publishing date: 30 June 2004
BAKU, 30 June 2004- Free legal help for citizens of Azerbaijan who cannot afford the services of qualified lawyers will be provided by a legal clinic launched this week by the OSCE Office in Baku...
OSCE/ODIHR hold roundtable on combating extremism
Publishing date: 30 June 2004
ALMATY/WARSAW, 30 June 2004- A two-day roundtable on combating extremism in Central Asia will start in Almaty on 1 July. The event, organized by...
OSCE Mission roundtable 'Dialogue of Dialogues' concludes
Publishing date: 29 June 2004
PRISTINA, 29 June 2004- The international conference on inter-community dialogue, hosted by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, ended today with recommendations that intend to boost this process and improve regional co-operation
OSCE Office holds anti-trafficking training in Armenia
Publishing date: 29 June 2004
YEREVAN, 29 June 2004- A three-day training session on human trafficking started today in Yerevan for experts and interviewers from two local non-governmental organizations that are carrying out a survey on trafficking in Armenia...