News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE invests in Bosnia and Herzegovina's future
Publishing date: 18 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 18 April 2003- A group of 45 young people have today concluded a one-year OSCE programme geared at training them for future leadership in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training programme, entitled "Successor Generation Initiative" (SGI)...
OSCE meeting focuses on acute danger from nuclear waste in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 April 2003
BISHKEK, 17 April 2003- A three-day international scientific meeting in Kyrgyzstan aims at assessing technical problems posed by radioactive waste dumps at Mailuu-Suu in the country's south, which threaten the whole region with radioactive...
OSCE Mission commends success in fighting workplace discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 17 April 2003- Twenty-four employers from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), who have successfully participated in OSCE's Fair Employment Project, are shortly to receive commendation certificates in Mostar, Travnik, Banja...
OSCE-funded study shows Croatian TV free from outside control, weak on minority issues
Publishing date: 16 April 2003
ZAGREB, 16 April 2003- An OSCE-funded study on the Croatian State broadcaster HRT published in Zagreb today indicates that the station has managed to free itself from outside control, but still does not pay enough attention to issues such as...
OSCE, CoE welcome new draft law on education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 April 2003
SARAJEVO, 16 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Council of Europe today welcomed the adoption of the draft State Framework Law on Primary and General Secondary Education by the Council of Ministers. "This...
OSCE assists Croatia on media legislation
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
ZAGREB, 15 April 2003- OSCE experts held meetings in Zagreb on 14 and 15 April to discuss the draft law on Electronic Media and Croatia's libel legislation. "This is part of the OSCE's assistance to Croatia in developing media legislation that...
OSCE's Skopje mission to co-organize training workshop on human trafficking
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
SKOPJE, 15 April 2003- A three day training workshop to be held in Ohrid this week will bring together about 40 prosecutors, investigative judges and police inspectors directly involved in assisting victims of human trafficking. The workshop...
OSCE-UNHCHR delegation visits Belgrade detainees
Publishing date: 15 April 2003
BELGRADE, 15 April 2003- Human rights experts from the OSCE and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) have visited detainees in Belgrade who have been held since the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran...
OSCE Media Representative focuses on freedom of expression in the digital era
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
VIENNA, 14 April 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today published a booklet titled From Quill to Cursor-- Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era. Experts from UNESCO and the Council of Europe as well as...
Kosovo media receive training on political reporting
Publishing date: 14 April 2003
PRISTINA, 14 April 2003- Today the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is launching a one-week training on story production for television, with a focus on current political affairs. The course, held in conjunction with Vienna-based Österreichischer Rundfunk...