News and press releases

VIENNA, 31 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the sentences of two people for the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in August 2009 in Makhachkala, in the Russian Republic of Dagestan...

The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported a workshop on 28-29 March 2015 in Tsaghkadzor to discuss the role and main functions of Armenia’s newly-established investigative committee and foster co-operation with media representatives...

On 26-27 March 2015, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia facilitated the 5th meeting of prominent women from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade within the framework of the “Follow Us” Initiative...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje hosted 22 students from five different universities in the country during a study visit to the Mission’s premises on 26 March 2015. The visit was an opportunity for the students to learn more about the OSCE, Skopje Mission’s mandate and programmes...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Burabay Aarhus Centre organized a conference on the promotion of green technologies in the Schuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone in Borovoye, Kazakhstan, on 27 March 2015...

Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Sofia on 24 and 25 March 2015 to present recommendations from the final report on the 5 October 2014 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors and the Ukrainian authorities discussed their concerns about human rights violations in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, during Thors’ visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv from 16 to 20 March 2015. Thors has been concerned about reports of