News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Attempts to regulate Internet increase, OSCE official says
Publishing date: 23 June 2011
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, told ambassadors from the 56 OSCE participating States on 23 June 2011 that a new study commissioned by her office indicates that attempts to regulate the Internet are increasing.
ODIHR Director meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in Geneva
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in Geneva on 22 June 2011...
OSCE helps evaluate local governance reform in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
A workshop to evaluate local governance reform in Kosovo, organized by the OSCE Mission, concluded on 18 June 2011 in Mavrovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
ODIHR issues legal opinion on Kazakhstan's law on status of judges
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
ODIHR issued a legal opinion on Kazakhstan's Constitutional Law on the Judicial System and Status of Judges to the Kazakh Supreme Court on 21 June 2011.
OSCE-supported Neighbourhood Watch holds discussions with Bishkek residents
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
A roundtable discussion on a project to promote public safety, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the non-governmental organization Neighbourhood Watch, was held in Bishkek on 21 June 2011...
OSCE-hosted roundtable meeting in northern Tajikistan marks anniversary of peace accord
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan's Khujand Field Office, the Sughd regional authorities and the Civil Society Centre held a roundtable meeting on 21 June 2011 to mark 14th anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Tajikistan...
The OSCE CiO Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Ambassador Čekuolis opens OSCE water project in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 June 2011
On Friday, June 17, 2011, the OSCE, the European Union and the Ministry for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia jointly launched the Nikosi water project, which envisages the installation of pipes and a pump in order to supply the Nikosi and Saltvisi areas, close to Administrative Boundary Line, with irrigation water...