News and press releases

The Albanian version of a handbook of best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe was presented on 4 October 2013 in Tirana.

The OSCE MenEngage Network held its second meeting on 7 October 2013 in Vienna, to continue its work on getting men involved as advocates for gender equality across the OSCE Region, gathering ambassadors, military advisers and other diplomats...

VIENNA, 7 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the delivery of a parcel bomb to the Turin headquarters of the daily newspaper La Stampa...

Training for citizen journalists on human rights, social inclusion and advocacy tools was organized from 5 to 6 October 2013 in Tsaghkadzor in central Armenia by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

Thirty-five volunteers from Kaptarkhana village in Batken province in south-west Kyrgyzstan, including staff of the Mayor’s office and the State Water Agency, and representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) got together on 5 October 2013 to work on the facilities for taking the water from the river and channelling it to the newly constructed potable water pipeline...

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Interior Minister officially launched on 7 October 2013 a Mission-supported project on the Regional Prevention Action Plan (RPAP) in Skopje. The project aims at supporting the police in designing prevention activities to address specific problems in local communities throughout the country...

VIENNA, 4 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on a group of journalists in Sabirabad region in central Azerbaijan and called on the authorities to carry out a swift investigation...