News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 November 2014
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, focusing on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum.
Deteriorating journalist’s safety and rise of propaganda threats to free media, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
The deteriorating situation for journalists’ safety and the growing phenomenon of propaganda pose serious threats to free media, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months...
Statement by OSCE PA President Kanerva on the opening of the new Ukrainian Parliament, election of Speaker
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
COPENHAGEN, 27 November 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the opening session of the new Ukrainian Parliament and the election of a Speaker...
OSCE promotes tolerance among young people from different communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
In an effort to strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-religious tolerance and understanding, from 5 to 27 November 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized three study visits to cultural and religious sites for high school students from Dragash/Dragaš and Prizren municipalities...
OSCE supports training courses in Uzbekistan on anti-corruption and integrity practices in healthcare and education
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
TASHKENT, 27 November 2014 – A series of national training courses on anti-corruption and integrity practices for representatives of selected public healthcare and education institutions started today in Tashkent. The two one-day courses are organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan...
Ceremony honours five OSCE Ambassadors for their efforts to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Five Ambassadors to the OSCE were honoured today by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for their efforts to promote gender equality both within the Organization and in the OSCE region...
OSCE Mission to Skopje hosts international conference on preparing teachers for work in multicultural environments
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
SKOPJE, 27 November 2014 – Advancing the theory and practice of preparing future education professionals to work in multicultural environments is the aim of an OSCE-supported international conference starting in Skopje today...