News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media representative alarmed by killing of Russian journalist, calls for action to protect media professionals
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
VIENNA, 16 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the killing of journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov in Russia’s southern republic of Daghestan and urged the authorities to ensure the safety of all media professionals working in the region...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion to improve election legislation in Gagauzia
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The election legislation of Moldova’s autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia was discussed at an OSCE-led roundtable meeting in Comrat on 13 December 2011. Representatives of the Gagauz authorities, the People’s Assembly, parties, civil society, media and the OSCE Mission discussed two sets of legislative proposals...
OSCE Presence in Albania enables Roma children to attend school
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania ensured that 160 Roma children in the town of Fushe-Kruja in central Albania are able to continue their education this school year, by covering the rent, as the school is in private premises, and donated 170 books and three computers...
OSCE Office in Baku trains detention facilities staff on rights of suspects and accused
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
From 12 to 13 December, the OSCE Office in Baku held a training course for police and penitentiary officers in the city of Ganja in western Azerbaijan on international standards related to the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...
Secretary General of Turkic Council addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akinci, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 15 December 2011 in Vienna, outlining the activities of his organization in and beyond its region as well as its approach towards relations with the OSCE...
OSCE Special Representative presents annual report, agenda for preventing trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called on states to tackle the structural factors that increase the vulnerability of people to trafficking such as discrimination, violence, and lack of education and job opportunities, in her annual report to the Permanent Council on 15 December 2011...
Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship concludes discussion series with seminar on security community
Publishing date: 14 December 2011
The concluding seminar in the “V to V Dialogue” series of expert seminars organized by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship began in Kahlenberg, near Vienna, on 14 December 2011...