News and press releases

ALMATY, 11 May 2007- Raising awareness on road safety in Kazakhstan and promoting best practices in this field was the aim of a meeting held today in Astana. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Interior Ministry...

SKOPJE, 10 May 2007- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Ambassador Rolf Ekeus ended a three-day visit to Skopje and Tetovo today, during which he met government officials and political party and minority representatives...

MADRID, 9 May 2007- Enhancing the role of the police in the fight against terrorism was the aim of an experts-level OSCE meeting that ends in Madrid today. The two-day event..

SKOPJE, 8 May 2007- Nine Norwegian police officers visited the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje this week to study community policing, and activities aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking...

VIENNA, 7 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet...

BAKU, 4 May 2007- More than twenty journalists from different Azerbaijani media outlets took part in a seminar on court and crime reporting organized by the OSCE Office in Baku today. Participants also discussed the notion of presumption of innocence...

MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the Secretaries General of the two organizations discussed closer co-operation between the organizations at a meeting in Madrid today...