News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Greek OSCE Chairmanship calls for swift end to Ukraine-Russia gas dispute
Publishing date: 6 January 2009
ATHENS, 6 January 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed concern today about increasingly disrupted gas supplies to parts of Europe and urged Ukraine and Russia to settle their energy dispute...
Azerbaijan's ban on foreign FM radio broadcasting is serious step backwards, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 30 December 2008
VIENNA, 30 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticized Azerbaijan's decision today to bar foreign broadcasters from FM radio frequencies as a step backwards for democracy, and urged Baku to reconsider...
OSCE Mission to Serbia to launch project on engaging civil society in police reform
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
BELGRADE, 15 December 2008- Fostering wider civil society engagement in the debate on police reform is the aim of a project that will be launched in Belgrade tomorrow...
OSCE Mission organizes training course for TV journalists in Novi Pazar
Publishing date: 5 December 2008
NOVI PAZAR, Serbia, 5 December 2008- Sixteen journalists, cameramen and editors are taking part in a workshop on TV journalism that started in Novi Pazar today...
European security, Georgia top agenda of Helsinki Ministerial Council, says OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 3 December 2008
HELSINKI, 3 December 2008- Some 50 foreign ministers will be at the OSCE Ministerial Council, underscoring the importance of talks on European security and protracted conflicts taking place here, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb said today...
OSCE Centre presents results of project that strengthened debate on legal policy in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
ASTANA, 27 November 2008- The results of an OSCE project that strengthened dialogue between the state and the civil society on legal policy in Kazakhstan were presented today at a news conference...
Recent assaults on journalists in Armenia threaten free press, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 19 November 2008
VIENNA, 19 November 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed his concern today over a violent attack this week against an independent journalist in Armenia...