News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains border officials on travel document security
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan, 11 November 2011- An OSCE-sponsored training course on travel document security was completed in the Novopokrovka Border Troops Training Centre near Bishkek today...
OSCE Special Representative highlights role of parliamentarians in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her address to the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag on 9 November 2011 stressed the critical role that Parliaments can play in changing the perception of trafficking, especially in the field of labour exploitation...
OSCE promotes judicial independence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
ASTANA, 11 November 2011 – High-level officials and legal experts discussed judicial reform at an OSCE-organized conference in Astana today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports seminar on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security and international co-operation is essential to combat it, participants heard during a two-day seminar in Tashkent that began on 3 November 2011...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for Russian Duma elections
Publishing date: 25 October 2011
MOSCOW, 26 October 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission to monitor the upcoming 4 December State Duma elections in the Russian Federation...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan improve oil spill management
Publishing date: 21 October 2011
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, 21 October 2011 – Kazakhstani government officials and oil industry executives concluded a two-day study tour today in the British port city of Southampton to learn about contemporary approaches to oil spill preparedness and response...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess federal elections in Switzerland
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
BERN, 10 October 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the federal elections to be held in Switzerland on 23 October...