News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Yerevan Office donates equipment to State Investigative Committee to help improve criminal justice in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 April 2015 donated equipment including 15 computers and three printer-scanner machines to the newly-established State Investigative Committee with the aim of enhancing the capacities and efficiency of this institution and its investigators, and to promote the
OSCE/ODIHR Civil Society Forum focuses on strengthening role of associations in public decision-making processes
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Some 40 civil society representatives from more than 25 OSCE participating States discussed the participation of associations in public decision-making processes at the Civil Society Forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 15 and 16 April 2015 in Vienna.
OSCE Representative strongly condemns killing of journalist in Ukraine; calls on authorities to immediately investigate and to ensure journalists’ safety
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the murder of Oles Buzina, a Ukrainian journalist, writer and former editor of the newspaper Segodnya...
Sentencing of free expression advocate in Azerbaijan yet another severe setback for media freedom, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the sentencing of Rasul Jafarov, a free expression and free media advocate and human rights defender in Azerbaijan, to six and a half years in a penal colony...
OSCE supports efforts to improve business environment in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 April 2015
The first meeting of the Regulatory Reform Council, in Kyrgyzstan was opened on 9 April 2015 in Bishkek by Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Valery Dil, Minister of Economy Temir Sariev, and the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos. The aim of the event was to give a boost to the economic reform process in the country to stimulate growth and reduce corruption...
OSCE-supported anti-terrorism training courses boost Kyrgyzstan’s security
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Anti-terrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS KR) conducted a five-day counter-terrorism training course from 6 to 10 April 2015 focusing on the radicalization process that leads to terrorism and effective preventive measures. The course was held at the SCNS KR Bakaev Institute in Bishkek.
Elections experts discuss campaign finance at OSCE/ODIHR roundtable
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
Measures to enhance the analysis of campaign finance by election observers were the focus of an expert roundtable organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 9 and 10 April 2015 in Warsaw.