News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Missions to help Georgian authorities with border management issues
Publishing date: 19 March 2007
SKOPJE/TBILISI, 19 March 2007- Representatives of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the country's Border Police will visit Georgia this week to help conduct a study on border management...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports civil society development
Publishing date: 16 March 2007
SKOPJE, 16 March 2007- The OSCE Mission to Skopje launched a small grants programme aimed at supporting the capacity-building of non-governmental organizations active in the area of human rights. Three grant contracts were signed today with local NGOs...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports police training on public relations
Publishing date: 16 March 2007
SKOPJE, 16 March 2007- Sixteen police officers from all over the country completed today an OSCE-supported training course on media and public relations...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation in Armenia
Publishing date: 15 March 2007
YEREVAN, 15 March 2007- Establishing a media self-regulation system in Armenia, as well as accountability and professional norms in the coverage of elections and inter-ethnic relations, were discussed at a seminar that ended in Yerevan today...
OSCE Representative calls for release of Uzbek journalist
Publishing date: 13 March 2007
VIENNA, 13 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has called for the release of the detained Uzbek journalist and human rights activist, Umida Niyazova...
Sustainable water management crucial for security in OSCE region, says Chairman
Publishing date: 12 March 2007
ZARAGOZA, Spain, 12 March 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos said today that sustainable water management was a crucial aspect of security, and urged participating Sates to broaden regional co-operation in this field...
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for second term
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- Miklos Haraszti was appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for a second three-year term today. Haraszti, a Hungarian writer and former dissident, was...