News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Preventing trafficking in human beings in governmental supply chains focus of OSCE-co-organized regional conference in Athens
Publishing date: 1 February 2019
ATHENS, 1 February 2019 – A two-day regional conference on preventing trafficking in human beings through government procurement practices and measures, with a focus on the Balkan region, concluded yesterday in Athens, Greece...
OSCE strengthens national capacities in Uzbekistan on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 29 January 2019
A three-day national Table-top exercise on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes began on 29 January 2019 in Tashkent. The exercise, for some 45 representatives of the parliament, judges, investigators, law enforcement officers, relevant state institutions and agencies, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media, is organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák, on official visit to Moldova, says advancing Transdniestrian Settlement Process high on Slovak Chair’s agenda
Publishing date: 19 January 2019
CHISINAU, 19 January 2019 – Concluding his visit to Moldova today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák said Slovakia’s 2019 OSCE Chairmanship attaches great importance to advancing the Transdniestrian Settlement Process as part of Slovakia’s focus on the prevention and mediation of conflicts, and in mitigating their impact on people.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák calls for political solution to crisis in and around Ukraine and for urgent improvements in the lives of people
Publishing date: 17 January 2019
KYIV, 17 January 2019 – Concluding a two-day official visit to Ukraine, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said he was shocked by the alarming conditions of people living near the contact line in the country’s east, and called on the sides to step up their efforts for a peaceful political solution to the crisis.
Comprehensive regional approach to countering hate crime focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Milan
Publishing date: 15 January 2019
Identifying and building a regional approach to countering hate crime was the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Milan Bar Association and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, in Milan on 15 January 2019. The discussion
OSCE media freedom representative dismayed by continued persecution of journalist Khadija Ismayilova in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 22 December 2018
VIENNA, 22 December 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed serious concern following a court decision in Azerbaijan ordering a well-known investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to pay a high fine for an alleged tax debt...
Helpline for reporting threats against journalists and media workers promoted by OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 21 December 2018
SKOPJE, 21 December 2018 – A helpline for reporting threats, attacks and violence against journalists- 0800-11-011 – presented at the press conference today in Skopje by the the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM)...