News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BiH signs partnership agreements with entity Associations of Municipalities and Cities
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina signed partnership agreements with the Associations of Municipalities and Cities (AMC) of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska on 19 June 2013 that will strengthen the Associations’ co-operation with municipal assemblies and councils, and intensify inter-municipal and inter-institutional co-operation in the country...
OSCE organizes seminar on civil society development in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, together with the Tiraspol-based non-governmental organization, Independent Institute for Law and Civil Society, organized on 18 June 2013 a seminar for civil society in Transdniestria to discuss challenges and best practices in civil society development from both the local and regional context...
Fulfilling media-freedom commitments requires mustered political will, says OSCE Representative to participating States
Publishing date: 13 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participating States on 13 June 2013 in Vienna that political will needs to be mustered to fulfil commitments on Internet freedom and journalists’ safety...
OSCE announces winners of environmental reporting competition in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
SARAJEVO, 6 June 2013 – As part of the observance of World Environment Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina honoured the five winners of a competition for journalists reporting on environmental issues in Sarajevo yesterday...
OSCE welcomes Brčko District’s legislative amendments on human trafficking, encourages entities to follow suit
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
SARAJEVO, 28 May 2013 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nina Suomalainen, and the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today commended the Brčko District authorities for passing amendments to the Brčko District Criminal Code regarding human trafficking that brings it in line with relevant international standards and the BiH Criminal Code...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
YEREVAN, 24 May, 2013- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to the region May 23-24 to continue their efforts to help the sides find a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku on 23 May, and Armenian President Sargsian in Yerevan on 24 May...
OSCE War Crimes Processing Project in BiH expands to two more jurisdictions
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s War Crimes Processing Project has been further expanded to cover two additional jurisdictions in BiH. The expansion of the project to one additional cantonal jurisdiction and one additional district jurisdiction in the RS was made possible by the recent financial contributions of the government of Germany...