News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Skopje brings communities together through books
Publishing date: 23 January 2004
SKOPJE, 23 January 2004- A book exhibition opened today in the city of Kumanovo, after the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje donated money to buy a selection of books in Macedonian, Albanian and Serbo-Croatian for the municipal library.
OSCE missions reconfirm support for combating trafficking in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 22 January 2004
TIRANA, 22 January 2004- OSCE missions in south-eastern Europe reconfirmed their support to the governments of the region in combating trafficking in human beings, at a meeting...
Enlarged EU sees OSCE as support for democratic development, says Irish EU Presidency
Publishing date: 22 January 2004
VIENNA, 22 January 2004- As the European Union expands, it will look to the OSCE for continued promotion of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and institution-building, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche said...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office pledges closer co-operation with NATO
Publishing date: 21 January 2004
BRUSSELS, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, pledged to strengthen co-operation with NATO at a meeting with the Alliance's new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Wednesday...
Andorran Foreign Minister urges OSCE States to pursue arms reduction through security forum
Publishing date: 21 January 2004
VIENNA, 21 January 2004- The Foreign Minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, today urged OSCE participating States to focus on implementing the politico-military security decisions taken at the recent Ministerial Council in Maastricht...
OSCE Office in Baku presents journalists with environment prizes
Publishing date: 21 January 2004
BAKU, 21 January 2004- The OSCE Office in Baku has today awarded prizes to four Azerbaijani journalists for their engagement in environmental issues...
OSCE launches environmental education project in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 January 2004
ALMATY, 23 January 2004- An environmental education project is being launched on Monday in Kazakhstan by the OSCE Centre in Almaty in co-operation with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The project will run until...
OSCE conference to focus on criminal justice reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 January 2004
WARSAW/BISHKEK, 20 January 2004- The reform of Kyrgyzstan's criminal justice system will top the agenda of an international conference taking place in the country's capital, Bishkek, from 22 to 24 January...
OSCE Mission sends 32 community policing officers to gain hands-on experience in Holland
Publishing date: 19 January 2004
SKOPJE, 19 January 2004- Thirty-two police officers have been awarded diplomas for completing an OSCE training course on community policing and will now be sent to the Netherlands to experience how community policing is done in that country...
Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...