News and press releases

BISHKEK, 12 June 2015- OSCE Centre in Bishkek jointly with Internews Kyrgyzstan and Development Alternatives Inc, organized series of trainings for Kyrgyz broadcast and print journalists across the country to support their professional development ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2015...

The examination and detection of people, cargo and vehicles at the border was the focus of a five-day workshop which ended on 12 June 2015 in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit at the request of the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje announced on 12 June 2015 the winners of the Essay Competition on the “Role of the OSCE in today’s world”...

ASTANA, 11 June 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Astana on 10-11 June to participate in the 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and to hold bilateral meetings with Kazakhstan’s Chairman of the Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov...

On 11 June 2015 at 06:55hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 52 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:45hrs on 11 June.

DUSHANBE, 11 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova praised the country’s authorities for improving anti-trafficking legislation as they step up efforts to combat modern-day slavery...

VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, reaffirmed his country’s commitments to European and Euro-Atlantic integration in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today. He also emphasized that European Union integration was of vital importance for the country...