News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Almaty Centre to organize public hearing on Caspian Sea oil spills
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
ALMATY, 26 April 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty is to hold a public hearing on preventing oil spills in the Caspian Sea, in the city of Atyrau from 29 to 30 April. The event is organized together with Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry, the Atyrau regional...
Information Centre for Labour Migrants in Tajikistan marks first quarter of activity
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
DUSHANBE, 27 April 2004- An agreement formalizing the establishment of an information centre for migrant workers was signed today in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe...
High Representative and Head of OSCE Mission to BiH issue statement on guarantees for Mostar university
Publishing date: 26 April 2004
SARAJEVO, 24 April 2004- The High Representative and the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH issued the following statement on 24 April: "We have read the concerns of the Students Union of the Mostarsko Sveuciliste, and would like to give them this...
OSCE Almaty Centre trains journalists in Kazakhstan on gender issues
Publishing date: 26 April 2004
ALMATY, 26 April 2004- In order to increase gender sensitivity and awareness of the rights of women among media professionals, the OSCE Centre in Almaty is holding a two-day seminar for local journalists on gender issues, beginning today. "Overcoming...
OSCE Centre promotes community policing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 April 2004
ALMATY, 26 April 2004- Police officers and NGO representatives from Kazakhstan will take part in a three-week community relations training programme in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, sponsored by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. The event is designed to further...
Kosovo Media Commissioner looks into TV stations during March violence
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
PRISTINA, 23 April 2004- Prudent, calm and accurate journalism might have prevented or at least lessened the scale and intensity of the violence that occurred in Kosovo in mid-March, the Temporary Media Commissioner, Robert Gillette, said...
OSCE Office holds discussion on draft law on rallies in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
YEREVAN, 23 April 2004- A roundtable on the draft law on public gatherings and rallies, organized with the help of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia (OSI AFA), was held on Thursday in Yerevan....
Head of OSCE Skopje Mission stresses importance of second round of presidential elections
Publishing date: 23 April 2004
SKOPJE, 23 April 2004- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Carlos Pais, stressed the importance of a successful and democratic second round of presidential elections in meetings with representatives of the four...
OSCE free media representative finds Kosovo press coverage of March violence "reckless and sensationalist"
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
VIENNA, 22 April 2004- The recent violence in Kosovo might have been avoided without the "reckless and sensationalist reporting" by local media, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today...
OSCE High Commissioner visits Serbia and Montenegro, discusses national minority rights
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
BELGRADE, 22 April 2004- Following meetings in Belgrade today, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, commended Serbia and Montenegro's authorities for the progress achieved in protecting national minorities...