News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative, in Moscow, discusses co-operation, media freedom
Publishing date: 4 October 2012
MOSCOW, 4 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today concluded a four-day official visit to Moscow, during which she discussed with high-level Russian officials safety of journalists, Internet freedom, media legislation and ways to enhance co-operation with her office...
OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on greater communication and co-ordination between parliaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 27 September 2012
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2012 – The OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina today welcomed efforts to improve inter-parliamentary co-operation demonstrated at a three-day seminar in Jahorina with secretaries of working bodies from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s four parliaments...
OSCE human rights office presents 2012 death penalty report
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented this year's background paper on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 26 September 2012 at the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs meet with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 3 September 2012
PARIS, 3 September 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States of America, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met on September 2 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, and on September 3 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, to address recent events in the region and efforts to peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Young journalists at OSCE Academy in Bishkek discuss media issues with German Minister
Publishing date: 28 August 2012
Students of the Central Asian School of Contemporary Journalism of the OSCE Academy and the Deutsche Welle Akademie, a summer school for young journalists, met Federal Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development of Germany Dirk Niebel in Bishkek on 26 August 2012...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
YEREVAN, 13 July 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled July 10-13 to Baku, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Yerevan...
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion addresses interagency co-operation in combating illicit drugs
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
ASHGABAT, 13 July 2012 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on mechanisms for effective co-operation between police and drug enforcement agencies in the area of illegal drug apprehension procedures concluded in Ashgabat today...