News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE 'Berlin Declaration' sets out concrete measures to fight anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- The OSCE's second Conference on anti-Semitism ended today with a ringing condemnation of all acts motivated by anti-Semitism or other forms of religious or racial hatred, and States agreed to take specific, practical counter...
Presidential election generally consistent with international standards but marred by irregularities, OSCE reports from Skopje
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
SKOPJE, 29 April 2004- The second round of the presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 28 April was generally consistent with OSCE election related commitments. However, election day was marred by serious but localized...
OSCE Office calls on Armenian authorities to thoroughly investigate recent cases of violence
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
YEREVAN, 29 April 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is deeply concerned about the increasing number of violent incidents, an alarming lack of progress in bringing to justice the perpetrators and the atmosphere of intolerance in the Armenian society...
OSCE Chairman presents grandfather's yellow star to German Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy marked the end of an OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism on Thursday by presenting the yellow star his grandfather had worn as a Jew in Bulgaria during World War Two to German Foreign Minister...
Chairman-in-Office stresses crucial role of education in challenging anti-Semitism across OSCE area
Publishing date: 28 April 2004
BERLIN, 28 April 2004- Opening the OSCE's second conference on anti-Semitism today, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy warned that the "murder of memory", allowing the remembrance of the Holocaust to slowly fade away, was the surest...
OSCE/ODIHR supports Polish publication on Holocaust education
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
WARSAW/BERLIN, 27 April 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Judaica Foundation in Kracow, Poland, have published a book focusing on the need to teach about the Holocaust. The book contains 13 essays by Polish...
Registration of two Bosniac parties in Kosovo open for review, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
PRISTINA, 27 April 2004- The Bosniac Party of Kosovo (BSK) and the Democratic Party Vatan (DSV) have today completed their registration requirements with the Political Party Registration Office of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. A final decision on...
OSCE Centre to hold conference on Kazakhstan's prison system
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
ALMATY, 27 April 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty will host an international conference from 29 to 30 April in Almaty, aimed at improving Kazakhstan's penitentiary system. "Kazakhstan has achieved significant results over the past years in reforming...
Head of OSCE Serbia and Montenegro Mission to visit Vojvodina
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
BELGRADE, 27 April 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, will start a two-day visit to Kikinda, Zrenjanin and Novi Sad tomorrow...
OSCE BiH Mission praises five cantons for adopting harmonized laws on primary and secondary education
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
SARAJEVO, 27 April 2004- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina commends the representatives of the Cantonal Assemblies of Una-Sana, Tuzla, Bosansko-Podrinjski, Zenica-Doboj and Sarajevo for unanimously passing Laws on Primary and Secondary...