News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre holds training for TV journalists on covering environmental issues
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
ALMATY, 7 April 2004- A master class for television journalists on environment issues, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Ecological Press Centre was held here from 29 March to 7 April...
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...
Kazakhstan confirms interest in taking on OSCE Chairmanship in 2009
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
ALMATY, 6 April 2004- On his second stop during a five-day visit to the Central Asian States, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed Kazakhstan's bid to take on the OSCE Chairmanship in 2009...
OSCE Chairman offers Uzbekistan assistance with democratic transition questions
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
TASHKENT, 6 April 2004- During the first stop on his five-day visit to the Central Asian States, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, introduced the priorities of the OSCE agenda in separate meetings with the Foreign...
OSCE concludes series of seminars on new Provisional Criminal Codes in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 April 2004
PRISTINA, 5 April 2004- One day before a new set of criminal codes takes effect in Kosovo, an independent institute established by the OSCE Mission has concluded a series of training seminars for legal personnel...
Basic police training course begins at Police Academy in Idrizovo
Publishing date: 5 April 2004
SKOPJE, 5 April 2004- The sixth Basic Police Training course at the Police Academy in Idrizovo, organized by the Ministry of Interior in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, began today...
Central Asian states discuss future of education
Publishing date: 5 April 2004
TASHKENT, 5 April 2004- Today the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, is organizing an international one-day conference in Tashkent entitled "Education as an investment in the Future" jointly...
OSCE organizes for Bosnia and Herzegovina's 'next generation' to visit Strasbourg
Publishing date: 2 April 2004
SARAJEVO, 2 April 2004- A group of 24 young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, participating in the OSCE's Successor Generation Initiative (SGI) Programme, will pay a study visit to Strasbourg from 3 to 10 April to learn more about the European...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Central Asia
Publishing date: 2 April 2004
VIENNA, 2 April, 2004- On Monday, the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister, Solomon Passy, will begin a week-long tour of Central Asia. His visit will start in Uzbekistan, where...
OSCE Office releases report on role of tourism in the development of Azerbaijani economy
Publishing date: 2 April 2004
BAKU, 2 April 2004- A report reviewing Azerbaijan's tourism industry- the developments experienced in the sector throughout the '90s and the challenges facing it today- has been released today by the OSCE Office in Baku, with the aim of...