News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to investigate recent attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
VIENNA 20 January 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the recent attacks on several members of the press during the continuing demonstrations in Bucharest and called on Romanian authorities to investigate thoroughly...
ODIHR working with Albania on planned election law amendments
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will provide expertise to Albania’s Special Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform, including through expert team visits to Tirana, in 2012...
Poland’s parliamentary elections pluralistic and democratic, but some concerns over late legal amendments, says ODIHR final report
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Poland’s 9 October 2011 parliamentary elections were pluralistic and democratic, although late changes to electoral laws impacted on the stability of the legal framework, the final report released by ODIHR on 18 January 2012 concludes...
OSCE Special Representative publishes recommendations on human trafficking to UK
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
Following a visit to the United Kingdom last year, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro published recommendations to the government on improving anti-trafficking action and the protection of human rights of trafficked persons, together with the UK official response, on 18 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General, in Geneva, stresses importance of partnerships to tackle emerging challenges to security
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, on a visit to Geneva from 18 to 20 January 2012, emphasized the need to further develop partnerships between international organizations in maintaining peace and security and effectively tackling current and emerging threats...
OSCE Secretary General discusses future co-operation with Croatian foreign minister
Publishing date: 17 January 2012
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusić in Zagreb on 17 January 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Russian Duma elections says contest ‘slanted in favour of the ruling party’
Publishing date: 13 January 2012
A report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 12 January 2012 said that, although December’s Russian State Duma elections were technically well-administered, the contest was marked by the convergence of the state and the governing party...