News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of Internet, cybercrimes and other cyber threats completed in Mongolia
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
ULAANBAATAR, 30 October 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of the Internet, cybercrime and other cyber threats ended today in Ulaanbaatar. The expert workshop was co-organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, and the Mongolian Law Enforcement University...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 28 October 2014
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. The Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. A number of shelling instances were noted...
OSCE/ODIHR assessment report recommends introducing greater flexibility and transparency in Armenian legislative process
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
The legislative process in the Republic of Armenia should be made more flexible and participatory, says an assessment report presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Yerevan on 30 October 2014.
Ahead of International Day to End Impunity, OSCE media freedom representative calls on OSCE participating States to break the cycle of impunity
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
VIENNA, 30 October 2014 – In the run-up to the International Day to End Impunity, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on OSCE participating States to take real steps to track down and prosecute those who commit crimes against journalists.
Enable religious communities in Kosovo to register as legal entities, say OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 October 2014 – Leaders and members of Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant Evangelic, and Jewish communities in Kosovo reiterated today their call for an improved legal framework which would enable religious communities to register as legal entities, request restitution of property and regulate their finances...
Professional development of school management in focus at OSCE conference in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 29 October 2014
SARAJEVO, 29 October 2014 – An initial two-day conference on developing a model for mandatory professional development of school management hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE Representative meets with UK Foreign Office Minister in London to discuss journalists’ safety, media legislation
Publishing date: 29 October 2014
LONDON, 29 October 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with the Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights and International Organisations, Baroness Anelay and other senior UK officials to discuss media freedom issues in the OSCE region...