News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence...
Experts discuss security community, partnerships for change at OSCE Talks Vilnius seminar
Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Leading researchers, students and OSCE representatives met at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University on 5 April 2011 to discuss Euro-Atlantic security and multi-track diplomacy.
The criminal justice response to trafficking should be more effective, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 6 April 2011
Criminal justice response practices require significant change to strengthen anti-trafficking action, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said during an international training seminar focusing on penal law, migration, trafficking and international co-operation, in Rome on 5 April.
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes seminar on management of temporarily seized criminal assets
Publishing date: 6 April 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Belgrade on 6 and 7 April 2011 organized a seminar on effective and transparent methods for managing temporarily seized assets deriving from criminal activity. The seminar was the first of its kind...
OSCE Chairperson, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister discuss presidential election
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VILNIUS, 5 April 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today discussed Kazakhstan's 3 April presidential elections with Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev...
OSCE media freedom representative says Belarus government should stop harassment of journalists
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
VIENNA, 5 April 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today she is concerned about persistent reports that pressure is mounting against domestic and foreign journalists in Belarus...
OSCE Ambassadors visit Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan to discuss transnational threats
Publishing date: 5 April 2011
A group of 17 OSCE Ambassadors arrived in Dushanbe on 4 April 2011 for a week-long trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to familiarize themselves with how the Organization addresses transnational threats in the region. They visited the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and met with top government officials, including President Emomali Rakhmon and Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, and civil society representatives working in areas relevant to comprehensive security...