News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Permanent Council adopts agenda for 2011 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Publishing date: 29 July 2011
The OSCE’s Permanent Council adopted the agenda for the 2011 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting on 29 July 2011. The OSCE’s annual human rights and democracy conference will take place from 26 September to 7 October in Warsaw...
ODIHR trains Egyptian NGOs on human rights, election observation
Publishing date: 27 July 2011
Fifteen civil society representatives from Egypt arrived in Warsaw on 26 July for a three-day training workshop on election monitoring and human rights organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE’s Lithuanian Chairmanship...
OSCE Special Representatives on gender and human trafficking visit Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2011
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, and the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, are visiting Kyrgyzstan from 26 to 29 July 2011...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps local police strengthen forensic expertise
Publishing date: 25 July 2011
An OSCE-supported training course that aimed to help Kyrgyzstan's police improve the quality of its investigations concluded on 25 July 2011 in the town of Balykchy in the north-eastern province of Issyk-Kul...
OSCE condemns attack on vehicle belonging to independent newspaper in Montenegro
Publishing date: 24 July 2011
PODGORICA, 24 July 2011 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Waldemar Figaj today condemned the attack on a delivery vehicle belonging to the independent newspaper “Vijesti”, early on Saturday morning, 23 July. The vehicle was set on fire while parked in the settlement of Masline in Podgorica...
OSCE has contributed to progress in Croatia, Secretary General says in Zagreb
Publishing date: 22 July 2011
ZAGREB, 22 July 2011 – Croatia is contributing to stability in its region, the OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, said today, adding that the OSCE’s field presence in the country for the last 15 years had played a key role in its progress by supporting reforms and work to protect human rights...
Finnish parliamentary elections professionally administered, conducted in full respect for fundamental freedom, ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 22 July 2011
Finland’s 17 April parliamentary elections were professionally administered and commanded high levels of confidence, ODIHR concluded in the final report on the electoral process published on 21 July 2011...