News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office supports human rights awards in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
YEREVAN, 4 June 2012 – Individuals working to promote human rights, accountable governance and free speech in Armenia were acknowledged today at a ceremony hosted by the US Embassy and co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, the EU Delegation to Armenia, the British Embassy in Armenia and Counterpart International...
OSCE media representative welcomes release of Azerbaijani social media activist, hopes all imprisoned journalists will be liberated soon
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
VIENNA, 4 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the early release from prison of social media activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, adding that she hoped all imprisoned journalists would also be set free soon.
OSCE Centre supports training for young reporters from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
BISHKEK, 31 May 2012 – A graduation ceremony for some 25 young reporters who have successfully completed a three-month journalism course, organized by the non-governmental organization and news agency Kloop Media, was held in Bishkek today. The tuition for eight students from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Head of OSCE Mission calls on Kosovo institutions to improve humanitarian bus transportation
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 May 2011 – Kosovo institutions provide communities and other vulnerable groups with much needed humanitarian transportation services, but a lack of coordination and procedural oversight have left the service unresponsive to the evolving needs of users, concludes an OSCE report published today...
Internet freedom must be priority for policymakers, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
WASHINGTON DC, 24 May 2012 – Keeping the Internet free should be high on the agenda of international and human rights policy, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom Media Dunja Mijatović today at a conference organized by Google at the Newseum in Washington DC...
OSCE promotes discussion on Internet-related issues in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 May 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 18 May 2012 – A two-day regional forum on the Internet in Central Asia, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, began in Almaty today...
Secretary General of GUAM addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 17 May 2012
VIENNA, 17 May 2012- Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM), outlined the current priorities of his organization in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council...