News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office assists in training of Uzbek customs officers
Publishing date: 21 May 2004
TASHKENT, 21 May 2004- A ten-day training course for a group of Uzbek customs officers with Austrian Customs Officials concluded today. It was conducted at several border crossing-points with Slovenia and Italy and at a border-crossing point between...
OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned about attack on house of Serb returnee
Publishing date: 20 May 2004
ZAGREB, 20 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern on Thursday at reports of an arson attack against the house of an elderly Serb returnee in a village near Okucani, in Croatia's Western Slavonia region. The 81-year old man had just...
OSCE Centre helps women in Kurghon-Teppa acquire new skills
Publishing date: 20 May 2004
KURGHON-TEPPA, Tajikistan, 20 May 2004- A centre for women, which will offer free psychological and legal consultations, information on human rights, and a number of training courses, opened this week in Kurghon-Teppa, Tajikistan...
OSCE Moldova mission helps train experts assisting survivors of trafficking
Publishing date: 20 May 2004
CHISINAU, 20 May 2004- A training course for social workers and psychologists who help victims of trafficking after their traumatic experience started today in Chisinau. The six-day workshop is financed by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and...
International organizations launch initiative in southern Caucasus on link between environment and security
Publishing date: 18 May 2004
BAKU, 18 May 2004- An initiative focusing on the links between environmental problems and security was launched this week with national events in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of presidential election in Serbia
Publishing date: 18 May 2004
BELGRADE/WARSAW, 18 May 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to observe the presidential election in the Republic of Serbia/Serbia and Montenegro on 13 June...
OSCE Office welcomes Azerbaijan's anti-trafficking efforts
Publishing date: 18 May 2004
BAKU, 18 May 2004- The OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed the adoption by Azerbaijan of a national action plan to co-ordinate all efforts in the fight against human trafficking...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports workshop on information resources
Publishing date: 18 May 2004
YEREVAN, 18 May 2004- Raising awareness of information resources available on the internet relating to science, education and environmental issues is the aim of a workshop taking place in Yerevan on 18 and 19 May...
Central Asia workshop introduces OSCE Handbook on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Publishing date: 18 May 2004
ASHGABAD, 18 May 2004- A regional workshop on the OSCE's recently released "Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons" was held in the Turkmen capital on 17 and 18 May...
OSCE Office sponsors "Olympiad" for schoolchildren in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 May 2004
BAKU, 17 May 2004- Over 50,000 Azerbaijani schoolchildren had a chance to show their knowledge of political affairs during an "Olympiad" sponsored by the OSCE Office in Baku. Launched in April...