News and press releases

YEREVAN, 11 October 2012 – Four days of activities organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian police as part of its ‘Safe School’ initiative concluded today in Yerevan...

Workshop on human rights under the motto Know Your Rights was held on 4 October 2012 for school children in the Municipality of Cetinje in South-West Montenegro. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Municipal Secretariat for Social Welfare and Youth and non-governmental organization Youth Centre Proactive...

A study tour to the Aral Sea Basin for 16 local journalists organized by the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the State Nature Protection Committee and non-governmental organization Ekomaktab started in the city of Nukus on 8 October 2012...

MOSCOW, 4 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today concluded a four-day official visit to Moscow, during which she discussed with high-level Russian officials safety of journalists, Internet freedom, media legislation and ways to enhance co-operation with her office...

ASTANA, 3 October 2012 – Fostering dialogue and co-operation between ministries, parliamentarians and senior military personnel involved in the oversight of armed forces is the focus of a regional OSCE-held seminar that started today...

SARAJEVO, 27 September 2012 – The OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina today welcomed efforts to improve inter-parliamentary co-operation demonstrated at a three-day seminar in Jahorina with secretaries of working bodies from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s four parliaments...

OSCE participating States must address issues of discrimination, access to education and adequate housing and reducing poverty to lessen the health inequalities between Roma and non-Roma women, said participants at the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on 26 September 2012...