News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 9 March 2010
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...
Closer co-ordination between OSCE, Council of Europe would benefit all states, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 March 2010
GENEVA, 5 March 2010- The OSCE and the Council of Europe work together well, but an even closer co-operation would be beneficial, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, State Secretary and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev, following...
Monitoring crucial for press freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative in final report
Publishing date: 4 March 2010
VIENNA, 4 March 2010- Monitoring of the kind that takes place within the OSCE is crucial to encourage countries to uphold press freedom commitments, stressed Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports public discussion of community policing challenges
Publishing date: 24 February 2010
YEREVAN, 24 February 2010- An enlarged meeting of the Arabkir district Citizen's Advisory Group was held in Yerevan today as part of a pilot community policing project supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia encourages active participation in National Minority Council elections
Publishing date: 8 February 2010
BELGRADE, 8 February 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, today urged Serbia's national minority communities to register for and vote in elections to National Minority Councils to help ensure broad representation...</p>
OSCE media representative, other global free speech rapporteurs highlight ten key challenges to freedom of expression
Publishing date: 4 February 2010
VIENNA, 4 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media together with freedom of expression rapporteurs of the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights released...
Overcoming the current crisis of confidence is crucial to tackling new threats to security, OSCE Chairperson tells U.S. Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 2 February 2010
WASHINGTON, 2 February 2010- It is crucial to overcome the current crisis of confidence between states to tackle new challenges and threats to security, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, said today...