News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office supports sustainable fisheries in Aral Sea region
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
KYZYLORDA, 28 April 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on the development of sustainable fisheries in the Aral Sea region began today in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre conducts ethics training for Kyrgyz journalists reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
BISHKEK, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting a training course for journalists titled Trafficking in human being: journalists’ ethics and social responsibility of media to be held on 28 April 2015 in Bishkek...
An advance on Mariupol by illegal separatists could have ‘disastrous consequences,’ OSCE PA President says
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 27 April 2015 – A military advance by illegal separatists in Ukraine on the city of Mariupol could have “disastrous consequences” for efforts to achieve a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the country, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today following a meeting of the Assembly’s Bureau in the Danish Parliament...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 26 April 2015
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations in and around the wider area of Donetsk airport and Avdiivka, while in Shyrokyne the SMM observed the most intense fighting since February 2015...
Second International Conference on Strengthening Peace and Security Co-operation towards Democracy and Development to take place in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
VIENNA, 27 April 2015- A high-level conference focusing on how to enhance co-operation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding among the UN, regional organizations and civil society organizations will take place on 29-30 April 2015 in Vienna, Hofburg...
OSCE, Council of Europe hold workshop for judges and prosecutors on protecting human trafficking victims’ rights
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
STRASBOURG, France, 27 April 2015 – The OSCE and the Council of Europe launched today a two-day workshop for judges and prosecutors to discuss important measures that will enable them to strengthen the legal rights of human trafficking victims...
Although Kazakhstan election preparations efficiently administered, choice for voters was limited, say ODIHR observers
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
ASTANA, 27 April 2015 – The preparations for the 26 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan were efficiently administered, but the predominant position of the incumbent and lack of genuine opposition limited voter choice, the observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a statement released today...