News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova conducts seminar on economic and environmental confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
ODESSA, 15 April 2008- Officials and experts from the Republic of Moldova and the Transdniestrian region addressed common economic and environmental concerns today at a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in the Ukrainian city of Odessa...
International Mine Action Day marked at OSCE-supported centre in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 April 2008
RUDAKI, Tajikistan, 4 April 2008- A training centre for mine detecting dogs, supported by the OSCE, hosted events today dedicated to the International Mine Action Day...
OSCE Office supports training of civil servants on freedom of information
Publishing date: 28 March 2008
YEREVAN, 28 March 2008- A project on freedom of information training for civil servant information officers, supported by the OSCE Office, was presented in Yerevan today...
OSCE media freedom representative and partners call on Ukraine to further development of free media
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
KYIV, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and representatives for the Council of Europe and the European Commission, called on Ukraine today to continue efforts to create a free press...
OSCE Centre helps plant trees in Tajikistan's rural areas to prevent land degradation
Publishing date: 14 March 2008
NOSIRI KHISRAV, 14 March 2008- In an effort to help reduce land erosion in Tajikistan, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe is supporting a week-long project starting today that will see 25,000 trees planted in rural parts of the country...
OSCE organizes workshop in Turkmenistan on oil spills response and cleanup
Publishing date: 11 March 2008
TURKMENBASHY, 11 March 2008- Experts and policymakers from Caspian littoral states, international organizations, the private sector and civil society are discussing oil spills remediation issues at a workshop that ends in Turkmenbashy today...
Croatia made substantial progress in democratic reforms, says Head of OSCE Zagreb Office
Publishing date: 7 March 2008
ZAGREB, 7 March 2008- Croatia's recent reform progress has enabled the OSCE to wind down the Mission to Croatia and establish an Office in Zagreb to focus on remaining challenges, said the Head of the Office, Ambassador Jorge Fuentes...