News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan-OSCE co-operation held in Astana
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
A roundtable discussion dedicated to co-operation between Kazakhstan and the OSCE was held in Astana on 19 October 2012. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Academy for Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan...
OSCE in Albania organized seminar on modernizing management of parliaments in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
The Secretaries General of parliaments in South-Eastern Europe gathered on 18 and 19 October 2012 in Tirana to discuss ways of modernizing human resource management in their national parliaments. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Albanian Assembly and other OSCE field operations in the region...
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo police identify and investigate hate crimes
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
A series of six workshops held across Kosovo on identifying, investigating and responding to hate crimes for 90 high-ranking Kosovo police officers including station commanders, regional deputy directors, and regional chiefs of operations concluded on 19 October 2012 in Ferizaj/Uroševac...
More protections needed for domestic workers' rights, OSCE Special Representative says in Cork
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said that much of the domestic work sector remains hidden in the shadows of the global economy and more must be done to protect the rights of its overwhelmingly female labour force...
OSCE to develop guide on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorists
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a stakeholder consultation meeting to discuss an OSCE project on protecting non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks on 11 October 2012 in Vienna...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Serbian newspaper director
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Damir Dragić, director of the daily newspaper Informer...
OSCE supports civil society and international participation to promote human rights and anti-corruption in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
Two half-day workshops for the directors of penal colonies under Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary system took place on 18 October 2012 at the Training Centre for Prison Staff in Bishkek. The events were co-organized by the state penitentiary service, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Freedom House and USAID...