News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson expresses condolences over Volga boat disaster
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
VILNIUS, 11 July 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the people of Russia today...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores attack on journalist in northern Cyprus
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
VIENNA, 8 July 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the alleged attempt to murder Sener Levent, the editor-in-chief of Afrika newspaper in northern Cyprus...
OSCE launches Romanian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
The Romanian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a meeting in Romania’s parliament on 8 July 2011...
OSCE Centre supports training of community mediators in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
An OSCE-supported training course on mediation skills for active residents and community leaders from five communities in northern Kyrgyzstan started 9 July 2011 in the Kashka-Suu resort near Bishkek...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator conducts seminars on international human rights law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
A series of seminars for judges and lawyers on international human rights law in several regions of Ukraine, supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), started on 7 July 2011 in Lutsk...
Ambassadors to OSCE, in Moldova, support resumption of official 5+2 talks in September
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
The need to restart official negotiations without preconditions between the sides in the Transdniestrian conflict was reiterated by Ambassador Renatas Norkus of Lithuania, the Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, in meetings with the Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat and the Parliament Speaker and Acting President Marian Lupu on 7 July 2011...
OSCE meeting promotes pluralism in new media, warns of excessive regulation of Internet content
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
Promoting pluralism in new media, including the Internet, is the focus of a two-day OSCE meeting that started on 7 July 2011...