News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Mission outlines OSCE’s role in facilitating voting in Kosovo for Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, outlined the OSCE’s role in facilitating voting in Kosovo for eligible voters in the upcoming elections for the parliament and president of the Republic of Serbia, at a press conference on 3 May 2012 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Presence, Labour Ministry organize senior-level meeting on building up ‘gender equality employees’ in Albania
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities organized on 2 May 2012 a senior-level meeting on strengthening the institutional capacities of “gender equality employees” at the central and local level in Albania...
OSCE media freedom representative honours journalists ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
TUNIS, 2 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launches campaign to help stop gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 May 2012
An outdoor awareness-raising campaign to prevent gender-based violence started on 1 May 2012 with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Presence, University of Tirana launch Masters degree to improve social services in Albania’s justice system
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Tirana University presented on 30 April 2012 a new interdisciplinary Masters programme aimed at improving the standards of social services in Albania, in particular of those offered by the justice system...
OSCE supports watercraft patrolling, mountain training for Kyrgyzstan’s Internal Troops
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
Officials of the Internal Troops of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry were trained in critical energy infrastructure protection at an OSCE-supported 10-day event which took place from 20 to 29 April 2012 at the Toktogul water power station in Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan...
ODIHR supports discussion on increasing women’s participation in political parties in Georgia
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
Measures to increase women’s participation as political party candidates in Georgia were the focus of a three-day event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi from 25 to 27 April 2012...