News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE sees progress on Croatia key laws, urges faster implementation
Publishing date: 8 July 2003
ZAGREB, 8 July 2003- A report on Croatia's fulfillment of its international commitments was outlined to the media today by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby. The 29-page report details progress in areas under...
OSCE Mission condemns discrimination against Vukovar boy
Publishing date: 3 July 2003
ZAGREB, 3 July 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia today joined senior Croatian officials in condemning a discriminatory decision barring a Croatian Serb boy in Vukovar from playing at a football tournament on the basis of his ethnic origins...
Croatian President opens international conference on minority integration in southeastern Europe and the Baltics
Publishing date: 2 July 2003
ZAGREB, 2 July 2003- Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday opened a one-day international conference on "Minority Integration in Southeast Europe and the Baltic States," organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia...
Europe's domestic observer groups develop common approach to election monitoring, urge full access to entire electoral process
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- Domestic observer groups from across Europe have developed a common approach to monitoring elections and called on states to ensure full access of observers to all stages of the electoral process...
Croatian representatives study Portuguese community policing methods
Publishing date: 1 July 2003
ZAGREB, 1 July 2003- A central Croatian police chief and a Croatian journalist have just returned from a two-weeks' training course in Portugal focused on its well-developed community policing programmes and the way media and police interact...
Europe's largest meeting of domestic election observers opens in Zagreb today
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
ZAGREB, 25 June 2003- Domestic election observers from across Europe and other regions convene in Zagreb today to identify strategies to improve the effectiveness and professionalism of observer groups and address limitations to their work...
OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...