News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 28 June 2011
VIENNA, 28 June 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 28 June. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.
Internet development in Central Asia focus of OSCE-supported forum
Publishing date: 23 June 2011
ALMATY, 23 June 2010 – A two-day regional forum on Internet development in Central Asia co-organized by the OSCE Centre started in Almaty today...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over detention of BBC reporter in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 16 June 2011
VIENNA, 16 June 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern over the detention of Urunboi Usmonov, a BBC reporter for ten years in Central Asia...
OSCE signs contract extension to remove remainder of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 June 2011
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Omelianchuk on 15 June 2011 signed a contract extension with a Russian consortium for the safe disposal of 9,500 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in Ukraine...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 14 June 2011
VIENNA, 14 June 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 13 June. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE participating States have duty to ensure the safety of journalists, Chairperson says
Publishing date: 7 June 2011
VILNIUS, 7 June 2011 – All OSCE participating States must act to fulfill their commitments to ensure the safety and security of journalists, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis said today as he opened a two-day meeting devoted to finding ways to better protect journalists...
Elections were competitive, transparent and well-administered, international observers in Skopje say
Publishing date: 6 June 2011
SKOPJE, 6 June 2011 – Yesterday’s early parliamentary elections were competitive, transparent and well-administered throughout the country, but certain aspects such as the blurring of the line between state and party require further attention, the international observers concluded in Skopje today...