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Joint statement of the OSCE Troika

Publishing date: 12 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Berlin, 12 April 2016- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed Serbia’s and Austria’s Foreign Ministers Ivica Dačić and Sebastian Kurz as well as the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for an OSCE Troika meeting in Berlin today.

OSCE Dialogue Academy alumni meet in Belgrade

Publishing date: 12 April 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality, Youth
Twenty young women, alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy, met in Belgrade from 6 to 8 April 2016, to continue co-operation and agree on joint projects for 2016...

OSCE Special Representative Erler on the situation in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 9 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BERLIN, 9 April 2016- Gernot Erler, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for the OSCE Chairmanship, today issued the following statement on OSCE reports of increasing violations of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and on the safety of OSCE monitors:...

OSCE promotes free access to Government-held information in Armenia

Publishing date: 5 April 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
A two-day training course, the first in a series of three, entitled “Promoting Free Access to Government-Held Information”, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan jointly with the Armenian Justice Ministry, was launched on 5 April 2016 in the capital...

Threats to free flow of information discussed at OSCE–supported regional media conference in Bishkek

Publishing date: 30 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 30 March 2016 – Co-operation between the media and civil society in countering threats to the free flow of information and in promoting transparency and accountability were the focus of a two-day regional media conference, which ended today in Bishkek. The conference was organized by the OSCE Academy, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Internews–Kyrgyzstan and the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan...

Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier welcomes mandate extension of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović

Publishing date: 23 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERLIN, 23 March 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today welcomed the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, for a period of one year...

Kazakhstan elections efficiently organized, some progress, still considerable way to go to meet OSCE election commitments, international observers say

Publishing date: 21 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
ASTANA, 21 March 2016 – The 20 March early parliamentary elections were efficiently organized, with some progress noted, but they indicated that Kazakhstan still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments for democratic elections, international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. The legal framework restricts fundamental civil and political rights, and comprehensive reform is required. In a positive development, candidate registration was inclusive, and six parties contested the elections.