News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of local self-government officials
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Sharing best practices identified through the training of newly elected members of municipal councils is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that started in Skopje on 18 July 2012...
OSCE Secretary General presents donation to Moldovan charities
Publishing date: 17 July 2012
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier presented donations from proceeds of the 2012 OSCE Charity Ball to two local charities during an official visit to Moldova on 17 July 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights new and ongoing challenges at anniversary conference
Publishing date: 17 July 2012
Marking the first event in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), current High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek spoke at a conference organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues on “HCNM 20 Years On” in Flensburg, Germany, on 6 July 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by repeated violence, intimidation against journalists in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 July 2012
VIENNA, 16 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over repeated occurrences of violence against journalists in Georgia in recent weeks and called on authorities to investigate the cases thoroughly...
OSCE/ODIHR launches handbooks for election observers on media monitoring and voter registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new handbooks for election observers – on media monitoring and voter registration – in Vienna on 13 July 2012...
OSCE promotes greater involvement of women in election processes
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
Enhancing women’s participation in democratic elections was the subject of a discussion held by the OSCE on 13 July 2012 in Vienna, on the margins of a major OSCE conference on elections...
Head of OSCE Presence urges prompt destruction of surplus ammunition in Albania
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, during a visit to a military factory in Gramsh on 13 July 2012, expressed his support for the finalization of surplus ammunition destruction by 2013, as envisaged in the country’s demilitarization action plan...