News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje marks International Anti-corruption Day by supporting conference on fight against corruption
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje provided support for an international conference on 7 December 2012 to promote anti-corruption activities and to discuss related challenges...
Roundtable discussion on inter-parliamentary co-operation and diplomacy held in Armenia with OSCE Office support
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
The OSCE Office in Yerevan, jointly with Armenia’s National Assembly, hosted a roundtable on inter-parliamentary co-operation and parliamentary diplomacy from 8 to 10 December 2012 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia...
ODIHR trains counter-terrorism officials in Ukraine on protecting human rights while countering terrorism
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
The importance of protecting human rights while countering terrorism was highlighted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a two-and-a-half-day training course for law enforcement officials, which ended on 6 December 2012 in Kyiv...
OSCE/ODIHR final report says Montenegrin elections democratic and pluralistic, recommends measures to instill greater public confidence
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
The early parliamentary elections in Montenegro on 14 October were pluralistic, however, areas such as the compilation of voter lists and the procedure for the review of complaints need further improvement, says the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 7 December 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative saddened over killing of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
DUBLIN, 7 December 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her concern today over the death of television reporter Kazbek Gekkiyev, who was murdered in the Russian southern republic of Kabardino-Balkaria...
OSCE Troika meets with Asian Partners
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
The OSCE Troika of the current, preceding and future Chairmanships met on 7 December 2012 with high-level representatives from the Asian Partner countries on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin
OSCE Troika meets with Mediterranean Partners
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
Joe Costello, Minister of State from the Irish Foreign Ministry, opened a Troika meeting with the OSCE Mediterranean Partner countries held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin on 7 December 2012...