News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Press briefing by Director of OSCE/ODIHR
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, gave a briefing to journalists on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial council in Vilnius on 6 December 2011.
OSCE Secretary General welcomes multi-country think tank initiative
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier welcomed a joint research initiative of France, Germany, Poland and Russia announced at the start of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 6 December 2011...
Media trends and challenges in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported forum
Publishing date: 6 December 2011
A two-day forum co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to discuss contemporary challenges faced by the media in Kazakhstan was held in Almaty on 5 and 6 December 2011...
Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...
Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security to be discussed by OSCE foreign ministers, media freedom on agenda, says Chairperson
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
OSCE media freedom representative promotes journalists’ safety in run-up to Vilnius Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has released a brochure/leaflet raising awareness on issues of journalists’ safety in advance of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December 2011.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists development of remedy standards in human rights violation cases in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
A conference on state responsibilities and compensation standards in cases of human rights violations and mass torts was held in Kyiv on 2 December 2011, with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...