News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE participating States approve 2012 OSCE budget
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
VIENNA, 22 December 2011 – The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and the Irish Chairmanship of the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance welcomed today’s decision by all 56 OSCE participating States to approve the Unified Budget for 2012, amounting to 148,055,400 euros...
Sharing experiences with the Baltic states to reform the Moldovan Prosecution Service
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
The Moldovan prosecution service is undergoing reform to strengthen its independence and effectiveness. On 16 December 2011 a group of experts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shared their experiences with their counterparts at a conference in Chişinău as part of a joint project by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Prosecutor General’s Office on support for prosecution service reform and capacity building based on the experience of the Baltic States...
OSCE Presence in Albania provides Roma and Egyptian schoolchildren with education material
Publishing date: 21 December 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided basic education materials to more than 300 children from the Roma and Egyptian communities in the south-eastern town of Korça...
Secretary General of Turkic Council addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akinci, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 15 December 2011 in Vienna, outlining the activities of his organization in and beyond its region as well as its approach towards relations with the OSCE...
Human rights developments in light of 20 years of independence discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
ASTANA, 12 December 2011- Representatives from non-governmental organizations, the National Human Rights Commission, academia, international organizations and embassies reviewed the progress achieved during 20 years of Kazakhstan’s independence, and challenges in promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms at an expert conference held today in Astana...
Addressing security threats to inland transport focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – Experts from 20 countries and international organizations working in the OSCE region met today in Vienna to discuss aspects of inland transport security...
Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full respect of human and community rights
Publishing date: 9 December 2011