News and press releases

VIENNA, 10 October 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the criminal trial against journalist Anuška Delić could present a threat to media freedom and also stifle investigative journalism in Slovenia...

BISHKEK, 10 October 2014 –The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the World Customs Organization, today completed a two-week training course for Kyrgyz Customs officials in the area of intellectual property rights, in Bishkek...

DUSHANBE, 10 October 2014 – Twenty-two mid-rank and front-line officers, including three women from Tajik law enforcement agencies, completed a two-week OSCE training course today in Dushanbe on assessing threats along the border...

The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, focusing on the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol/Memorandum. In Kyiv representatives of the Central Election Commission addressed some of the challenges that IDPs could face during the upcoming elections.

COPENHAGEN, 9 October 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) underscored the vital contribution of the PA to the OSCE’s reform efforts on the 40th anniversary of its founding document at a seminar today in Helsinki...

BISHKEK, 9 October 2014 – A ten-day training on the protection of critical energy infrastructure from possible terrorist attacks, conducted for the Special Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic National Guard, and supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, concluded today.

BELGRADE, 09 October 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes Serbia’s progress in the European Union accession process as noted in the 2014 Progress Report of the European Commission...