News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship approves funding for major awareness and advocacy campaign in Albania
Publishing date: 28 February 2003
TIRANA, 28 February 2003- The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Tirana, representing the current OSCE Chairmanship, today approved funding for a grass-roots initiative which is expected to be the largest awareness-raising and advocacy...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Turkmenistan on Monday
Publishing date: 28 February 2003
THE HAGUE, 28 February 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will visit Turkmenistan on Monday, 3 March. During his visit, the CiO will meet President Saparmurat Niyazov and the...
OSCE Skopje Mission organizes youth leadership conference
Publishing date: 27 February 2003
SKOPJE, 27 February 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Nansen Dialogue Centre (NDC) will host their second joint Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) at the Makpetrol Hotel in Mavrovo between 28 February and 2 March. The...
OSCE Media Representative responds to criticism from Italian parliamentarian
Publishing date: 25 February 2003
VIENNA, 25 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has responded to criticism from an Italian member of Parliament regarding his position on the concentration of media ownership in Italy. During the...
OSCE Mission condemns violence in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 24 February 2003
BELGRADE, 24 February 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro strongly condemns the latest episode of violence in southern Serbia. On Sunday, 23 February, one member of the Gendarmerie was killed in an explosion of a bomb close to...
OSCE welcomes foundation of regional bar association in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 February 2003
DUSHANBE, 24 February 2003- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, Ambassador Marc Gilbert, welcomed the foundation of the new Regional Association of Barristers of the northern Sughd Province of Tajikistan. Around 70 of the 120 barristers...
OSCE, UNHCR officials discuss refugee returns between BiH, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 February 2003
ZAGREB, 21 February 2003- The OSCE and the UNHCR held a regional meeting at the senior level today to discuss problems related to refugee return to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro. Participants included heads of missions...
Local authorities have key role in Croatia's EU path, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
ZAGREB, 20 February 2003- Local authorities will have an important role to play in the process of fulfilling political criteria necessary for EU membership, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said at the...
Armenian voting generally smooth, but vote count and overall process fall short in key respects
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
YEREVAN, 20 February 2003- Voting in yesterday's presidential election in Armenia was generally calm and well-administered, but the counting process was flawed and the long-term election process fell short of international standards in several...
OSCE's economic and environmental dimension highlighted at Bishkek workshop
Publishing date: 20 February 2003
BISHKEK, 20 February 2003- Participants at an OSCE workshop in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Thursday said more attention should be paid to the economic and environmental dimension of the 55-nation Organization's approach to security...