News and press releases

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...

Promoting pluralism in new media, including the Internet, is the focus of a two-day OSCE meeting that started on 7 July 2011...

A series of six regional training sessions for the police, prosecutors and journalists on co-operation concluded on 30 June 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...

Practitioners and OSCE officers involved in the work of the OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres met in Chisinau, on 29 June 2011, to take part in preparations for next year’s global UN conference on sustainable development, “Rio+20”.

VIENNA, 4 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was concerned about three media outlets owned by Plus Production facing closure for alleged tax evasion. She urged the country to adhere to rule of law principles in handling their cases...

Some 14 government officials from Tajikistan visited Armenia from 20 to 24 June 2011 to learn about Armenia‘s experience with designing policy priorities and a legislative and institutional framework for developing its renewable energy potential. The visit was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

VIENNA, 1 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today asked President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko to put an end to the unprecedented repression of media after the 19 December 2010 presidential election...