News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre holds training courses for press services and journalists
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
TASHKENT, 23 June 2004- In an effort to promote access to information and closer ties between state press services and the media, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation held training courses in Tashkent from 21 to 23 June...
OSCE Mission calls for reform of domestic war crime procedures in Croatia
Publishing date: 22 June 2004
ZAGREB, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today issued two reports on war crime trials conducted in Croatian courts acknowledging recent improvements but concluding that additional reform is needed to provide for impartial domestic...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for settlement and easing of tension in Moldova
Publishing date: 22 June 2004
CHISINAU, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to speed up negotiations to make real progress in the Transdniestrian settlement process...
Working group from OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to visit Belarus
Publishing date: 21 June 2004
MINSK, 21 June 2004- A group of parliamentarians from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will visit Minsk from 21 to 23 June. The delegation, headed by...
OSCE Mission, Serb Parliament announce winners of high school essay contest: "If I were Prime Minister"
Publishing date: 21 June 2004
BELGRADE, 21 June 2004- Three high school students were today awarded top prizes in the Serbian parliament for their entries in the "If I were Serbian Prime Minister" essay competition. The three students will have their essays published in Danas...
OSCE Skopje mission supports Model UN event to help bridge ethnic divisions
Publishing date: 21 June 2004
SKOPJE, 21 June 2004- An ethnically mixed group of 80 students are participating in a Model UN VIP Conference beginning today at Ohrid. Working to improve inter-ethnic relations and build confidence, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about hunger strike in Belarus
Publishing date: 20 June 2004
SOFIA, 20 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed concern on Sunday about the health of three members of the Belarusian Parliament who have been on hunger strike since...
OSCE Mission applauds Croatia's EU candidate status
Publishing date: 18 June 2004
ZAGREB, 18 June 2004- "The granting of EU candidate status to Croatia, as well as a date for the start of accession talks, is recognition of the great progress Croatia has made," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a..
Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro calls for dialogue, decentralisation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 June 2004
VIENNA, 18 June 2004- The Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, called for dialogue and decentralisation in Kosovo in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Friday. He also urged the international community to ensure that the...
OSCE parliamentarians call for restarting dialogue in Moldova
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
CHISINAU, 17 June 2004- Kimmo Kiljunen, who heads a team of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly parliamentarians visiting Moldova, today urged parliamentarians from Chisinau and Tiraspol to restart a dialogue on the Transdniestrian settlement...