News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
International observers welcome election of president in Serbia
Publishing date: 28 June 2004
BELGRADE, 28 June 2004- In a preliminary statement issued today, observers from ODIHR and the Council of Europe (CoE) concluded that the presidential election in Serbia was conducted essentially in line with OSCE commitments and CoE standards...
OSCE Chairman welcomes outcome of presidential elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 28 June 2004
SOFIA, 28 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, today welcomed the outcome of the presidential elections in Serbia...
OSCE Office in Baku supports conference on reforms to Azerbaijani Bar System
Publishing date: 25 June 2004
BAKU, 25 June 2004- The implementation of newly adopted amendments to the Law on Advocates and ways of ensuring that judicial reforms bring sustainable results were the focus of a conference supported by the OSCE Office in Baku. The two-day event...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports regional workshop on women's participation in elections
Publishing date: 25 June 2004
TIRANA, 25 June 2003- The participation of women in elections will be the focus of a regional workshop supported by the OSCE Presence in Albania which will take place on Saturday, 26 June, in Tirana...