News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish police to respect journalists’ rights when covering demonstrations
Publishing date: 1 June 2013
VIENNA, 1 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over police treatment of the media covering the ongoing demonstrations in Istanbul...
OSCE supports training on drug searches for police in Skopje
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the French Embassy in Skopje organized a course on conducting drug searches for eight police officers from a local K9 Unit, as well as their dogs, on 27-31 May 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR trains legal professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina on advocacy in war crimes trials
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Thirty judges, prosecutors and defence counsel from across Bosnia and Herzegovina attended advance trial advocacy training from 29 to 31 May 2013 in Sarajevo organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and its partners...
OSCE trains Kosovo Police on investigating drug trafficking
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
An advanced 10-day training course on drug trafficking investigation held by the OSCE Mission for the Kosovo Police drug squad concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 31 May 2013...
OSCE-supported public hearings in Bishkek highlight Kyrgyzstan’s electoral reform
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Reform of Kyrgyzstan’s election legislation was the topic of several OSCE-supported public hearings held in Bishkek on 31 May 2013...
Research on post-2014 Afghanistan challenges, regional security key topics for OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Academic research and debates on regional security issues, conflict management, and specific regional challenges following the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan in 2014 are key activity areas of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, said its Director Maxim Ryabkov in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 30 May 2013...
Tajik customs officials learn from Finnish experience in OSCE-organized study visit
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
A five-day study visit to Finland for senior customs and trade officials from Tajikistan ended in Helsinki on 31 May 2013...