News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson discusses with Ukraine leadership shared priorities, deepening co-operation
Publishing date: 31 March 2010
KYIV, 31 March 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, discussed in Kyiv today key aspects of the dialogue on European security and ways of developing further co-operation...
Head of Office discusses housing care with senior officials
Publishing date: 30 March 2010
February-March 2010- The Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb, Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, held a series of meetings with top Croatian officials in charge of Housing Care Programme issues in order to assess the progress made in the implementation of the Programme.
Chairmanship, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 26 March 2010
VIENNA, 26 March 2010- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available in print and online, highlights the priorities of the 2010 Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship, its first activities and preparations towards the goal of holding a summit later this year...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on use of detention
Publishing date: 12 March 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 12 March 2010- The use of detention and the judges' justification for detention is the topic of a report to be presented at a news conference on Monday by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 9 March 2010
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...
Despite certain positive steps, Tajikistan's parliamentary elections failed to meet many key OSCE commitments
Publishing date: 1 March 2010
DUSHANBE, 1 March 2010- Yesterday's parliamentary elections took place peacefully, but despite certain small positive steps failed to meet many key OSCE commitments, the international election observation mission concluded in a preliminary statement...
OSCE media freedom representative criticizes 'misuse' of libel laws to muzzle the press in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Hungary
Publishing date: 8 February 2010
VIENNA, 8 February 2010- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today as "dangerous attempts at censorship" lawsuits initiated by government officials in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Hungary against media outlets...