News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Anti-corruption conference co-organized by OSCE begins in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 April 2006
YEREVAN, 6 April 2006- Strengthening the co-operation between the Armenia's National Assembly, civil society and the media in the fight against corruption is the focus of a two-day international conference co-organized by the OSCE in Yerevan...
Boost for mine detection in Tajikistan- OSCE, UN open dog training centre
Publishing date: 4 April 2006
DUSHANBE, 4 April 2006- A new centre for training dogs that will help detect landmines opened today in Rudaki, in the barracks of an Engineering Battalion of the Tajik Defence Ministry, some 15 km from the capital Dushanbe. It will have...
OSCE media freedom representative and ambassadors address hate speech issues at Budapest conference
Publishing date: 3 April 2006
VIENNA, 3 April 2006- Moderated by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, a panel of OSCE Ambassadors discussed hate speech definitions and practices, as well as issues that have emerged from the recent cartoon controversy...
OSCE Office co-hosts conference on return and reintegration of migrants in Armenia
Publishing date: 3 April 2006
YEREVAN, 3 April 2006- Support for sustainable return and reintegration through economic development will be the focus of a conference that opens tomorrow in Yerevan. The two-day event...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Chairman encourages Tajik Government to push ahead with democratic reforms
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- Continuing his trip in Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, visited Tajikistan on Thursday and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov, Foreign Minister...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over treatment of journalists covering demonstrations in Belarus
Publishing date: 28 March 2006
VIENNA, 28 March 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today that the detentions of Belarusian and foreign journalists in the aftermath of the presidential election was an infringement of OSCE commitments to safeguard free...