News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE mission report says situation for pre-trial detainees in Albania remains "problematic"
Publishing date: 3 March 2004
TIRANA, 3 March 2004- A report released today by the OSCE Presence in Albania says that the pre-trial detention situation in the country continues to be problematic. The document, which took nearly a year to compile, notes in particular the...
OSCE Media watchdog concerned over libel sentence in Italy
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
VIENNA, 2 March 2004- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is concerned about the 24 February sentencing of the Italian journalist Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison for "defamation" by a court in Trieste...
OSCE/ODIHR issues final reports on elections in Georgia and Serbia
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
WARSAW, 2 March 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has issued its final reports on the observation of recent parliamentary elections in Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the presidential election in Georgia...
OSCE Mission to Croatia report finds ethnic Serbs "disadvantaged" in war crime trials
Publishing date: 1 March 2004
ZAGREB, 1 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has prepared a report based on monitoring of some 75 war crime trials during 2002 which shows that defendants of Serb ethnicity are disadvantaged at all stages of judicial proceedings compared to...
OSCE Centre to hold workshop for women entrepreneurs in rural Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 March 2004
BISHKEK, 1 March 2004- A workshop to encourage women to start small businesses in rural areas will open tomorrow in Kyrgyzstan. The two-day event, organised by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek will take place in the Karabalta district of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE High Commissioner visits Latvia to learn at first-hand about minority education reforms
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
VIENNA, 27 February- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, ended a three-day working visit to Latvia today, during which he discussed such matters as minority education reforms, naturalization and social integration...
OSCE Chairman meets U.S. Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Powell
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C., 27 February 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed the priorities of the Bulgarian Chairmanship and a number of regional issues in talks with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...
OSCE meeting to focus on gender strategy in Serbia
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
BELGRADE, 27 February 2004- Women parliamentarians, gender equality actors and representatives of civil society in Serbia will gather in Belgrade tomorrow at a meeting on Gender Strategy and Activity within the Serbian Parliament. Organized by...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe marks 10th anniversary
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 27 February 2004- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today celebrated its 10th anniversary, having begun its work in February 1994. The event was attended...
Head of OSCE: Shocked and saddened at death of Macedonian President Trajkovski
Publishing date: 26 February 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C., 26 February 2004- The news that President Boris Trajkovski, leader of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia since 1999, has died in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE...