News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...
OSCE Office co-organizes third annual Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 August 2009
DUSHANBE, 7 August 2009- A meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to support Tajik government and civil society representatives ahead of the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting ended in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Centre supports entrepreneurship training for young people in Kyrgyzstan's rural regions
Publishing date: 27 July 2009
BISHKEK, 27 July 2009- Young people from Kyrgyzstan's rural regions completed today a two-week training course on entrepreneurial skills, given by top students from Bishkek-based economic universities...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports improved conditions for detainees and personnel at Talas Province police detention centre
Publishing date: 20 July 2009
TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 20 July, 2009- The OSCE Centre, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry and the Talas administration presented a newly constructed and equipped boiler room for the Talas Provincial Police Directorate's temporary detention centre today...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 20 July 2009
VIENNA, 20 July 2009- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE Chairperson urges Armenia to continue reforms, build on progress towards peaceful settlement
Publishing date: 3 July 2009
YEREVAN, 3 July 2009- The OSCE Chairperson, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, urged Armenia to build on the positive momentum achieved in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and underlined the importance of ongoing democratic reforms...
OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
VILNIUS, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...