News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative, on World Press Freedom Day, calls on participating States to ensure safety of journalists
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
ISTANBUL, 3 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, marked World Press Freedom Day today by urging all 56 OSCE participating States to do more to curb violence against journalists and ensure a safe work environment for the media...
‘Post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding’ focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 2 May 2011
Lithuania's OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation taking place under the “V[ienna] to V[ilnius] Dialogue”...
OSCE trains local self-government officials in southern Kyrgyzstan on good governance and conflict management
Publishing date: 28 April 2011
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 28 April 2011- A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar for the local self-government representatives from southern Kyrgyzstan started today in Osh...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds joint training for Afghan and Kyrgyz customs officers
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held training sessions on vehicle and container searches and border operations for Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers at the customs point Ak-Jol on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border. Twenty participants from Afghanistan, including three trainers, together with customs instructors from the Training Centre of the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan as well as customs officers working at Ak-Jol border point, attended the course...
President of Turkmenistan receives new Head of OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Sergei Belyaev...
OSCE Chairperson meets Tunisian authorities, discusses priority needs for OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 16 April 2011
TUNIS, 16 April 2010 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings today with the country’s leadership said that the OSCE stood ready to assist Tunisia during the transition period to build and consolidate democracy...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
BAKU, 14 April 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...