News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and the Council of Europe: a call on Albanian political parties to attend talks on the forthcoming local elections
Publishing date: 8 January 2007
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 8 January 2007- The Secretary General of the OSCE and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe issued the following statement today on local elections in Albania: "The Albanian people have the right to free and fair elections...
OSCE Centre helps Turkmenistan train law-enforcement officials in border management
Publishing date: 11 December 2006
ASHGABAD, 11 December 2006- Practical border management was the focus of a course organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad and Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports European Youth Parliament
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
SKOPJE, 8 December 2006- A group of 150 students from over a dozen countries will participate in a regional session of the European Youth Parliament that begins in Ohrid today. Participants...
OSCE media freedom representative marks 240th anniversary of first access to information law
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
VIENNA, 1 December 2006- Marking the 240th anniversary of the world's first freedom of information act, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media encouraged those OSCE participating States which have not yet developed and enforced...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over detention of Dutch journalists for refusing to name source
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was concerned about the detention of two Dutch journalists for refusing to reveal their sources...
OSCE Representative concerned about deteriorating media situation in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 27 November 2006
VIENNA, 27 November 2006- The recent shutdown of an Azerbaijani broadcast channel and a print press editorial building is a clear sign of the deterioration of the media situation in the country, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said...
OSCE promotes public access to government information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2006
ALMATY, 24 November 2006- Improving public access to government information at the regional level by increasing transparency and strengthening relations between the authorities and the media is the main topic of an OSCE seminar that opened today...