News and press releases

The Czech government needs to do more to overcome the marginalization and segregation in schools of children from Roma and Sinti communities, concludes a field assessment visit report published by the OSCE/ODIHR on 26 October 2012...

KYIV, 26 October 2012 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Ukraine will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 29 October, in Kyiv...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, presented 22 sets of monitors, notebooks, and other specialized equipment to the country’s Interior Ministry on 25 October 2012...

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Araz Azimov, addressed representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States at a Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on 25 October 2012. Azimov outlined his country’s perspectives on security in the region and on the role of the OSCE...

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed preparations for the Ministerial Council to take place in Dublin in December, as well as the Organization’s current activities and priorities during a working visit to the Russian Federation that got under way on 23 October 2012...

A training course on procurement fraud and investigating corruption organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded on 19 October 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...

A five-day study tour on migration management for a group of experts from Kazakhstan started on 22 October 2012 in Minsk. The visit is co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in Astana...