News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Academy starts post graduate programme in Central Asia
Publishing date: 2 February 2004
BISHKEK, 2 February 2004- Twenty five students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Italy and Britain began today their post graduate studies at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. "The Academy has an opportunity to introduce...
OSCE brokers funds to help rehabilitate the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 2 February 2004
TBILISI, 2 February 2004- Several new projects to help in rehabilitating the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone will be financed under a 2.5 million euros grant from the European Commission brokered by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...
OSCE/ODIHR issues final reports on elections in Georgia and Russia
Publishing date: 30 January 2004
WARSAW, 30 January 2004- The OSCE's elections body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has issued the final reports on last year's parliamentary elections in Georgia and the Russian Federation...
OSCE holds training to help women in Uzbekistan advance their leadership skills
Publishing date: 30 January 2004
TASHKENT, 30 January 2004- A course in Women's Leadership Training opened today in the capital of Uzbekistan. It is organised by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and...
OSCE to hold workshop for women entrepreneurs in rural Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 January 2004
BISHKEK, 28 January 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...
OSCE sponsored Police School to boost officers' skills
Publishing date: 28 January 2004
BAKU, 28 January 2004- The Police Training School in Baku opened its doors today following a major renovation and refurbishment. The project was undertaken as part of the OSCE Police Assistance Programme for Azerbaijan...
Criminal justice reform moves up the political agenda in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE conference
Publishing date: 25 January 2004
BISHKEK, 25 January 2004- The reform of Kyrgyzstan's criminal justice system topped the agenda of an international conference, organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE committed to democratic development in Georgia, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 25 January 2004
TBILISI, 25 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on his inauguration on Sunday and pledged continued OSCE support...
OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation
Publishing date: 23 January 2004
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...
OSCE Office hosts conference on bill to reform Azerbaijani legal profession
Publishing date: 23 January 2004
BAKU, 23 January 2004- Participants at an OSCE Conference on the Reforms in Azerbaijani Bar System agreed on the necessity of changes in the draft Law on Advocates in order to make planned reforms more effective and efficient and to bring more...