News and press releases

DUSHANBE, 3 November 2013 – Arriving in Dushanbe this morning to lead the short-term OSCE election observer mission, Gordana Comic stressed the important role of observers in electoral processes.

A neighborhood inspector’s office opened with the OSCE support in Kok-Art micro district of Kyrgyzstan’s southern city of Jalal-Abad on 1 November 2013. The project was proposed and supported by the local community to counteract a recent surge in the number of car thefts in the area with some 30,000 residents...

BOROVOYE, Kazakhstan, 1 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion of the drafts of the Criminal, Criminal Procedural and Penal Codes was held in Borovoye in northern Kazakhstan today...

DUSHANBE, 1 November 2013- A five-day regional workshop on effective customs controls through risk management and non-intrusive inspection technologies concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...

Election laws and their application in the OSCE participating States demonstrate many positive elements, but there is a number of areas where improvements are needed to meet commitments those countries have undertaken, and international standards, says a review presented at an OSCE event in Vienna on 31 October 2013...

Outcomes of a two-year OSCE-supported project studying the obsolete pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the Nubarashen burial site, located near Yerevan, and their impact on the environment were presented and discussed today.

TBILISI, 28 October 2013 – The 27 October presidential election in Georgia was efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. Fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and assembly were respected, and candidates were able to campaign without restriction.