News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova conducts seminar on economic and environmental confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
ODESSA, 15 April 2008- Officials and experts from the Republic of Moldova and the Transdniestrian region addressed common economic and environmental concerns today at a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in the Ukrainian city of Odessa...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian judiciary to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
KYIV, 7 April 2008- Helping the Ukrainian judiciary handle cases of human trafficking, prosecute the perpetrators and help ensure the victims' rights is the focus of a training course that started in the Ukrainian capital today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Irish government move to decriminalize libel
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today a decision by the Irish Justice Minister, Brian Lenihan, to fully abolish criminal libel...
OSCE media freedom representative and partners call on Ukraine to further development of free media
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
KYIV, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and representatives for the Council of Europe and the European Commission, called on Ukraine today to continue efforts to create a free press...
Informal meeting on Transdniestran settlement process fruitful, OSCE Chairman's envoy says
Publishing date: 14 March 2008
VIENNA, 14 March 2008- OSCE Chairmanship efforts to restart negotiations on the Transdniestran settlement process have begun with fruitful discussions held during informal consultations, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's special envoy...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator offers anti-trafficking courses for Ukrainian local police
Publishing date: 26 February 2008
LUTSK, Ukraine, 26 February 2008- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine has launched a new series of regional training courses on combating human trafficking, with the first course held in north-western Ukraine today...
OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of editor in Belarus for reprinting cartoons
Publishing date: 18 January 2008
VIENNA, 18 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today condemned the three-year high-security prison sentence handed down to Alexander Zdvizhkov, ex-deputy editor of the Zhoda newspaper...