News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR publishes final report on parliamentary elections in Estonia
Publishing date: 19 May 2011
According to the final assessment report published by ODIHR on 16 May, Estonia’s 6 March parliamentary elections were “conducted in an environment characterized by respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and a high degree of trust in the impartiality of the election administration...
OSCE Mission helps promote regularization strategy for informal settlements
Publishing date: 19 May 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) and UN-Habitat will conclude a series of five regional roundtables on a Strategy and Action Plan for the Prevention and Regularization of Informal Settlements 2011- 2015, on 20 May 2011, in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Centre chairs meeting on electoral assistance in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 May 2011
A donor co-ordination meeting on electoral assistance chaired by the OSCE Centre with the participation of the EU and the UN offices in Kyrgyzstan took place at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 17 May...
OSCE Mission to Serbia marks 10th anniversary
Publishing date: 17 May 2011
Key OSCE partners from Serbia’s government, civil society and media as well as other international organizations discussed the work of the OSCE in Serbia during a conference marking the Mission’s 10th anniversary, held in Belgrade on 16 May.
Internet filtering and changes to press law further limit media freedom in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 May 2011
VIENNA, 17 May 2011- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the recent change in the Press Law and the latest Internet restrictions risk to further limit free expression and access to information in Turkey...
Sentencing of Irina Khalip further exacerbates media freedom in Belarus
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
VIENNA, 16 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sentencing of Belarusian journalist Irina Khalip to a two-year suspended jail term in connection with the December 2010 post-election demonstrations...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
VIENNA, 16 May 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 16 May. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.