Bose-Einstein correlations at the $Z^{0}$ peak

Presented here is an overview of studies of the manifestations of the Bose-Einstein correlations in the hadronic decays of Z/sup 0/ boson, performed by the LEP experiments. The scope of the overview is confined to studies of two and three particle correlation functions for charged pions, with emphasis on analyses of transverse mass m/sub T/ and directional dependence of the two particle correlation function parameters. (17 refs).