News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border crossings guide in Russian
Publishing date: 26 February 2013
The Russian version of a handbook on best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UNECE was recently launched.
Promoting tolerance, non-discrimination key topics of discussion by OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Personal Representatives
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
The OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy Viacheslav Yatsiuk met with the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on tolerance and non-discrimination Senator Adil Akhmetov, Rabbi Andrew Baker and Ambassador Tetiana Izhevska, in Vienna on 21 February 2013...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting opens in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2013
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting opened in Vienna on 21 February 2013. More than 240 parliamentarians have gathered for the two-day meeting, which will include a special debate on the situation in Syria, Mali, and North Africa. Other key items on the agenda include media freedom, border co-operation and security forces...
‘Fight against drugs: don’t get hooked!’- project by OSCE Mission to Montenegro, law enforcement institutions and civil society
Publishing date: 20 February 2013
Interim results of an OSCE-supported project on “Raising Awareness on the Latest Psychoactive Substances”, aimed at informing police investigators about the development of the illegal drugs market and ways to identify substances that can be alternatives to controlled drugs, were presented on 18 February 2013 in Podgorica...
OSCE Mission trains lawyers in Kosovo on hate crimes
Publishing date: 14 February 2013
The last of a series of six workshops on the identification and handling of hate crime cases for the members of the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates concluded on 14 February 2013 in Prizren...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations on October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 February 2013
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Kyiv from 11 to 14 February 2013 to present the final report of the Election Observation Mission for the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine...
