News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports free legal consultation for residents in border areas in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 July 2011
A series of legal consultations were held between 6 and 14 July 2011 in the border districts of the Osh and Jalal-Abad Provinces with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores attack on journalist in northern Cyprus
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
VIENNA, 8 July 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the alleged attempt to murder Sener Levent, the editor-in-chief of Afrika newspaper in northern Cyprus...
Internet blocking practices a concern, access is a human right, says OSCE media freedom representative at launch of OSCE-wide study
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
VIENNA, 8 July 2011 – The Internet should remain free and access should be considered a human right, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović at the presentation of a report on regulations affecting new media in the OSCE region today...
OSCE meeting promotes pluralism in new media, warns of excessive regulation of Internet content
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
Promoting pluralism in new media, including the Internet, is the focus of a two-day OSCE meeting that started on 7 July 2011...
OSCE Mission to Skopje holds conference on free legal aid to promote access to justice in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
SKOPJE, 7 July 2011 – Government representatives and practitioners involved in introducing free legal aid in the country as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia shared their experiences and lessons learned at an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Skopje today...
OSCE emphasizes civil society role in fighting corruption
Publishing date: 4 July 2011
VIENNA, 5 July 2011 – Raising awareness of the importance of building a well-informed and engaged civil society in the fight against corruption is the focus of a roundtable meeting today, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes release of French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 29 June 2011
VIENNA, 29 June 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today's release of two French journalists who had been held by kidnappers in Afghanistan for a year and half...