News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office launches website on competition policy in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 April 2003
YEREVAN, 25 April 2003- The official website of the State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia has been launched with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The website provides a full range of information on...
OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Azerbaijan to review preparations for upcoming presidential elections
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
WARSAW, 24 April 2003- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, arrived in Baku today for a first visit to Azerbaijan. Ambassador Strohal, who has been heading the OSCE's...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office: no premature discussion about final status of Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
THE HAGUE, 24 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, does not support the idea of starting a discussion now about the final status of Kosovo. "I believe such a discussion is premature at...
OSCE Mission hosts historic first meeting to draft new constitution for Moldova
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
CHISINAU, 24 April 2003- Today's first meeting of a newly-formed commission to draft a new constitution for Moldova was hailed as "historic" by Ambassador William Hill, Head of the OSCE Mission to the country. "Throughout the OSCE region, your...
Draft Tajik advertising law discussed at OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2003- Provisions of a draft Tajik law on advertising have been reviewed in an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Hosted by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the meeting discussed the draft law from the point of...
OSCE Kosovo Mission hosts training seminar on economics reporting
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
PRISTINA, 23 April 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a four-day training course for local journalists concerned with covering economic issues. The course aims to help media look at the basic concept of how to report on economic...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of Serbian Public Information Act
Publishing date: 23 April 2003
BELGRADE, 23 April 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today warmly congratulated both the Serbian Assembly and Government for the adoption of the Public Information Act. The new act is a...
OSCE Baku Office holds workshop on business incubators and industrial parks
Publishing date: 22 April 2003
BAKU, 22 April 2003- The OSCE has organized the first national workshop on business incubators and industrial parks in Azerbaijan, which will be held on 23 and 24 April in Baku. The concept of business incubators comprises a wide range of institutions...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 April 2003
BISHKEK, 22 April 2003- On an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said that in multi-ethnic societies politics should be oriented towards integration rather than towards assimilation or...
Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje issues joint statement
Publishing date: 21 April 2003
SKOPJE, 21 April 2003- Statement of the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, supported by the EU Special Representative Alexis Brouhns, the United States Ambassador Lawrence Butler, and NATO...