News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports first online training course for police
Publishing date: 24 February 2012
Some 100 Serbian Interior Ministry police officers took part in an OSCE-supported e-learning professional development course on communication skills from 16 January to 18 February 2012 in Belgrade. This was the first time the Ministry staff received training online...
Projects of OSCE-backed Green Bridge Partnership Programme discussed in Astana
Publishing date: 23 February 2012
Greening the economy and sustainable development in Kazakhstan were the focus of a two-day roundtable meeting that was held in Astana on 22 and 23 February 2012...
OSCE and UNECE launch a handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presented in Vienna on 22 February, 2012 a jointly produced handbook on border crossing policies...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports public discussion on new media law
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Members of a parliamentary working group presented the latest version of Tajikistan’s draft media law for the first time to the public at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting on 16 February 2012...
Attacks against Turkish-language newspaper in Cologne, Paris threaten free reporting, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
PARIS, 17 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned attacks on the Paris and Cologne offices of the Turkish-language daily newspaper Zaman and called for a thorough investigation...
Spain’s November elections democratic and transparent, some recent amendments at odds with OSCE commitments, concludes ODIHR report
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Spain’s early parliamentary elections in November were democratic and conducted transparently but some recent amendments to the electoral legal framework appear to be at odds with OSCE Commitments, concludes the ODIHR final report...
Future of Internet freedom at stake, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called for concerted global efforts to keep the Internet, as a platform for exercising free expression and for independent media, accessible and free...