News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Draft guidelines on preventing intolerance against Muslims advanced at Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
Some 40 participants, including government officials, education experts, teachers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations met in Vienna on 16 May to discuss the latest draft of a planned publication to be called “Guidelines for Educators to Counter Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims”...
OSCE media freedom representative offers assistance to improve media freedom in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 13 May 2011
BAKU, 13 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today concluded a four-day visit to Baku during which she called on authorities to improve media freedom in Azerbaijan and offered them her Office’s assistance in reforming media laws...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports campaign to prevent human trafficking ahead of 2012 European Football Championship
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Ukraine supports an initiative by the country’s authorities to raise public awareness about major social issues ahead of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, which will be jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland...
OSCE Centre supports ethics training for journalists in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 May 2011
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 10 May 2011 – A training course on ethics and international standards of journalism for young Kyrgyz-language journalists started today in Karakol...
OSCE Centre supports public broadcasting development in Kyrgyzstan with study tours to Lithuania and Georgia
Publishing date: 10 May 2011
An eight-member delegation from Kyrgyzstan are in Vilnius as part of an initiative supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Soros Foundation in Kyrgyzstan to develop Kyrgyzstan’s public broadcasting service (PBS)...
OSCE Office brings together journalists from northern and southern Tajikistan to discuss media issues
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
The Khujand field office of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 4 May 2011 hosted a discussion between representatives of government and journalists from the country's two major media cities, Dushanbe and Khujand...
Two-year research project culminates with report on pre-trial detention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published an analytical report on judicial authorization of pre-trial detention in Kazakhstan on 5 May. The 56-page report presents the results of a research project carried out by ODIHR in 2009 and 2010...