News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Journalists from Turkmenistan complete OSCE-organized study visit to Lithuania
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
VILNIUS, 3 October 2014 – Five journalists from Turkmenistan’s print and online media discussed modern journalism practices on an OSCE-organized study visit to the Republic of Lithuania which concluded today in Vilnius...
OSCE trains customs officers on detecting and preventing environmental crimes
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
A regional workshop designed to build the capacity of customs authorities in detecting the illegal trafficking of hazardous waste, pesticides, ozone-depleting substances and endangered plants and animals, was co-organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine on 30 September and 1 October 2014...
Opening the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Geneva, Swiss Chair says collective effort needed to restore stability and rebuild common understanding of European security
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
GENEVA, 3 October 2014- Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, gave an opening address to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which is meeting in Geneva for its autumn session this weekend. Recalling that the ‘Helsinki Final Act’ was negotiated in the very same conference building in Geneva four decades ago, he argued that the vision and determination of the CSCE founding fathers should be an inspiration to all to embark on collective efforts to overcome the current crisis of European security...
Constitutional Court ruling important for advancing free speech, free media online in Turkey, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
VIENNA, 3 October 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court to decrease the power of the country’s telecommunications authority, TİB, in blocking websites and monitoring Internet users...
OSCE Mission to Serbia awarded for promoting right of free access to information
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
On occasion of the International Right to Know Day, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, collected an award from the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Protection of Personal Data Rodoljub Sabic, on 29 September 2014, for the Mission’s contribution to promoting the right of free access to information of public importance in Serbia...
Spot report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 2 October 2014: ICRC Staff Member Killed in Shelling in Donetsk City
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
An ICRC staff member – a Swiss national – was killed in shelling whilst apparently standing outside the front door of the ICRC office in Donetsk city on 2 October...
ODIHR calls on political parties in Hungary to promote women as candidates in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
Good practices and strategies for supporting women candidates running for local office in Hungary were the focus of a seminar in Budapest on 3 October 2014.