News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE meeting in Vienna to discuss implementation of commitments, future priorities in economic and environmental dimension
Publishing date: 17 October 2011
Assessment of the implementation of economic and environmental commitments by the OSCE participating States and identification of priorities for future work is the focus of the Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting, which started at the Hofburg in Vienna on 17 October 2011...
OSCE Border Management Staff College addresses counter-terrorism and human rights
Publishing date: 17 October 2011
A 5-day workshop for border officials on counter-terrorism and human rights organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) started in Vilnius on 17 October 2011...
OSCE media freedom representative urges swift investigation into latest attack against Bulgarian journalist
Publishing date: 14 October 2011
SARAJEVO, 14 October 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the bomb attack targeted at Bulgarian television journalist Sasho Dikov and urged the authorities to carry out a swift and transparent investigation...
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates training equipment to Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 13 October 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje donated training equipment worth some 60,000 euros to the Interior Ministry in Skopje on 13 October 2011...
ODIHR trains election observers from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Publishing date: 13 October 2011
Fourteen representatives from civil society and domestic non-partisan election observation organizations from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia are participating in a four-day training event on good practices in election observation organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
ODIHR supports stronger national human rights institutions in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
The importance of establishing strong and independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Central Asia was the focus of a workshop organized by ODIHR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 12 October...
OSCE/ODIHR ready to support Mediterranean partners on path to democracy
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE can provide concrete support to its Mediterranean partners in the transition to democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) told a conference in Budva, Montenegro on 11 October...