News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Azerbaijan election failed to meet international standards, says OSCE/ODIHR
Publishing date: 13 November 2003
WARSAW, 13 November 2003- A report issued by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today concludes that the 15 October 2003 presidential election in Azerbaijan failed to meet OSCE commitments and other international standards...
OSCE CiO urges restraint in Georgia in aftermath of elections
Publishing date: 13 November 2003
THE HAGUE, 13 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed his concern about developments following the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 2 November...
OSCE in Bishkek hosts meeting on dispute resolution for small enterprises
Publishing date: 12 November 2003
BISHKEK, 12 November 2003- More than 70 participants from Central Asia took part in an OSCE Conference in the Kyrgyz capital, dealing with the importance of dispute resolution in the creation of a favourable business environment for SMEs in
OSCE Kosovo Mission begins specialized police and public safety training programmes
Publishing date: 11 November 2003
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this week begins advanced training programmes for the Kosovo Police Service and public safety agencies. Specific curricula for courses in special weapons and tactics (SWAT)...
Serbian and Kosovo journalists discuss common issues
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- A follow-up meeting to establish an information network between Serbian and Kosovo editors-in-chief, media executives and leading journalists has started this morning in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and...
OSCE and Women's Union of Turkmenistan promote gender training
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
ASHGABAD, 10 November 2003- A four-day training seminar on promoting gender issues has ended in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad. The seminar, the first of a series of three, was organized in close co-operation with the Women's Union of Turkmenistan...
OSCE Skopje Mission starts training police community relations co-ordinators
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
SKOPJE, 10 November 2003- Thirty-two police officers of mixed ethnicity and gender are attending their first day of OSCE training on community policing today in the Hotel Bistra in Mavrovo. The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje developed...
New information programme supports Serbia and Montenegro's European integration
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
BELGRADE, 10 November 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the European Movement in Serbia today launched a new information programme in the parliament of Serbia and Montenegro in support of European integration. The programme...
Stop using evidence obtained by torture, OSCE human rights body says
Publishing date: 7 November 2003
WARSAW/VIENNA, 7 November 2003- The Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, today called on OSCE participating States to take measures to prevent the use of evidence...
OSCE Academy calls for applications for new regional security studies course in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 November 2003
BISHKEK, 7 November 2003- The OSCE Centre and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today announced the start of the first masters programme on comprehensive security issues in Central Asia. The Academy called for applications from...