News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports corruption assessment
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
A roundtable meeting held in Kyiv on 19 December 2011 examined the results of a pilot study conducted in Ukraine in 2011 using a new methodology to assess the level of corruption...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in human-rights compliant riot control
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
A graduation ceremony for 35 police officers who attended a two-week training course on crowd and riot control, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded on 16 December 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Office in Baku trains social workers in combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
The OSCE Office in Baku organized a train-the-trainers workshop on the role of social workers in the prevention of domestic violence. More than 20 participants working in various shelters and family support centres attended the three-day event from 13 to 15 December 2011.
OSCE media representative alarmed by killing of Russian journalist, calls for action to protect media professionals
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
VIENNA, 16 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the killing of journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov in Russia’s southern republic of Daghestan and urged the authorities to ensure the safety of all media professionals working in the region...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion to improve election legislation in Gagauzia
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The election legislation of Moldova’s autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia was discussed at an OSCE-led roundtable meeting in Comrat on 13 December 2011. Representatives of the Gagauz authorities, the People’s Assembly, parties, civil society, media and the OSCE Mission discussed two sets of legislative proposals...
OSCE Presence in Albania enables Roma children to attend school
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania ensured that 160 Roma children in the town of Fushe-Kruja in central Albania are able to continue their education this school year, by covering the rent, as the school is in private premises, and donated 170 books and three computers...
OSCE Office in Baku trains detention facilities staff on rights of suspects and accused
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
From 12 to 13 December, the OSCE Office in Baku held a training course for police and penitentiary officers in the city of Ganja in western Azerbaijan on international standards related to the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...