News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan addresses OSCE Permanent Council, discusses initiatives to address contemporary security challenges
Publishing date: 27 February 2014
Initiatives to collectively develop a new platform of action for all OSCE participating States for the long-term perspective were in focus of the address of Rashid Meredov, Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, to the OSCE Permanent Council on 27 February 2014...
Closure of Pravdivaya Gazeta curbs media pluralism in Kazakhstan, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 February 2014
NEW YORK, 26 February 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the closure of the Kazakhstan newspaper Pravdivaya Gazeta, following a verdict by a district court in Almaty on 24 February...
OSCE in Montenegro presents new research on citizens’ attitudes to mediation
Publishing date: 24 February 2014
At an event in Podgorica held on 24 February 2014, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented results of research on the attitudes of citizens’ to the process of mediation as an alternative to resolving legal disputes...
OSCE-supported event explores Armenia’s hydropower potential
Publishing date: 24 February 2014
The measures Armenia can take to better harness the potential of hydroelectricity were highlighted at an OSCE-supported seminar held on 20 February 2014 in Yerevan...
OSCE holds professional training course for national security officers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 February 2014
An OSCE-supported professional training course for ten officers of the Bishkek and Osh Remand Prisons under the State Committee on National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) concluded on 22 February 2014 in Bishkek...
Media-related aspects of draft legislation focus of OSCE-supported parliamentary meeting in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 February 2014
ASTANA, 20 February 2014 – Media-related aspects of the draft criminal code and code on administrative offences were among the topics addressed today at an OSCE-supported expert meeting in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of parliament of Kazakhstan...
UN refugee agency Head Guterres urges States to support displaced people
Publishing date: 20 February 2014
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres called on OSCE participating States on 20 February 2014 to provide massive international support to share the burden of the crisis in Syria...