News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission Head and Croatian PM discuss key OSCE and EU issues
Publishing date: 14 January 2004
ZAGREB, 14 January 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, today met the newly-elected Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr. Ivo Sanader, to discuss how best the OSCE Mission can support Croatia in fulfilling...
OSCE Mission to Croatia mourns death of staff member
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
ZAGREB, 13 January 2004- A member of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Steve Degeneve, tragically died yesterday evening less than two hours after a car accident. Degeneve, a 37-year old French citizen...
Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents awards to environmental journalists
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
YEREVAN, 13 January 2004- Awards for the best TV, radio programmes and newspaper articles on environmental issues were presented yesterday in the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "The media has a special role to play...
OSCE Presence conveys condolences for 9 January tragedy and pledges support to fight trafficking
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
TIRANA, 13 January 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania extends its condolences to the Albanian people and to the families of the victims of the tragedy of 9 January, when a number of young people lost their lives off the coast of southern Albania...
OSCE campaign to focus on health hazards of old Kyrgyz uranium mines
Publishing date: 9 January 2004
BISHKEK, 9 January 2004- A week-long public information campaign in Kyrgyzstan will try to raise awareness of the health problems posed by radioactive waste dumps at Mailuu-Suu in the south of the country, which threaten a wider region with...
Presidential election brings Georgia closer to meeting international standards
Publishing date: 5 January 2004
TBILISI, 5 January 2004- The 4 January presidential election in Georgia demonstrated notable progress over previous elections in the country but was only a partial test of Georgia's electoral system and commitment to a democratic process...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes peaceful and orderly Georgian presidential elections
Publishing date: 5 January 2004
SOFIA, 5 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, on Monday welcomed the peaceful and orderly manner in which the extraordinary presidential elections in Georgia were conducted...
Serbian elections well organized but changes to election law long overdue
Publishing date: 29 December 2003
BELGRADE, 29 December 2003- The parliamentary elections on 28 December in Serbia went smoothly and were generally conducted in line with international standards. However, the election law contains serious shortcomings including a key article...
International monitors to announce preliminary findings in Serbian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 29 December 2003
BELGRADE, 29 December 2003- The International Election Observation Mission for the Serbian parliamentary elections will present its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference on Monday, 29 December, at 13:45 in Media Centar...