News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported workshop in Kazakhstan focuses on facilitating temporary import of goods
Publishing date: 3 March 2017
Some 70 officials from central and local customs authorities in Kazakhstan and members of the Chamber of Commerce and business community were trained on a system which allows entities to temporarily import goods into a country during a workshop supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana on 2 and 3 March 2017...
OSCE Permanent Council renews mandate of the Office in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 2 March 2017
VIENNA, 2 March 2017 – Following today’s decision of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the mandate of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan was extended until 30 June 2017...
OSCE co-organizes expert roundtable on state financing of media in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 March 2017
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on state financing of media took place in Astana on 2 March 2017 with the aim of exploring how to improve the system of state procurement and mechanisms to ensure efficient monitoring and evaluation of projects supported through government funding...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 1 March 2017
VIENNA, 1 March 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned recent attacks on journalists in Skopje...
OSCE supports training for judges on combating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 March 2017
The first in a series of six OSCE-supported one-day training seminars on good legislative and judicial practices to combat trafficking in human beings began in Astana on 1 March 2017...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s early parliamentary elections recommends continued and inclusive electoral reform
Publishing date: 28 February 2017
The final report on the 11 December early parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends further review of the legal framework, to be conducted in a public procedure after consultations among
Journalists’ safety and media ethics identified as continued top media freedom priorities in Western Balkans at high-level conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 February 2017
VIENNA, 27 February 2017- Ensuring the safety of journalists and promoting media ethics are top priorities for protecting media freedom and enhancing comprehensive security, peace and democracy across the entire OSCE region, participants at an OSCE Chairmanship conference on media freedom in the Western Balkans agreed today...