News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps develop new strategies against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime
Publishing date: 23 June 2012
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported the development of new 2012-2017 strategies and action plans against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime for Kosovo through a series of workshops held in Durres, Albania, between 6 and 23 June 2012...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro signs agreement with Montenegro authorities to promote gender equality in municipalities
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
An agreement aimed at strengthening gender equality at the local level was signed between the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and local and national authorities in Montenegro on 22 June 2012...
Internet freedom, journalists’ safety major concerns, OSCE media freedom representative tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented her second official report of 2012 to the OSCE Permanent Council on 21 June 2012, where she highlighted Internet freedom and journalists’ safety as major concerns...
OSCE Mission to Skopje facilitates discussion on crime prevention
Publishing date: 21 June 2012
A two-day roundtable discussion on assessing the Interior Ministry’s achievements in the area of crime prevention began in Ohrid on 21 June 2012...
Synergies between OSCE and partners must be further developed, says OSCE Secretary General, in Israel
Publishing date: 21 June 2012
Advancing new and existing synergies between the OSCE structures, its participating States and Partners for Co-operation was the goal of the official visit to Israel of the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier from 20 to 21 June 2012...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, UNHCR and Montenegrin authorities help displaced persons from Kosovo obtain personal documents
Publishing date: 21 June 2012
A collective visit to Kosovo by 41 displaced persons to obtain documents necessary to regulate their legal stay in Montenegro took place on 20 June 2012. It is one in a series of such visits facilitated by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.
OSCE Special Representative recognized by United States for work to end modern-day slavery
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro received a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero Award on 19 June 2012 from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to honour her significant contributions in the struggle to end modern-day slavery...