News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova visits northern district affected by recent storms
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, paid her first visit to the northern district of Camenca, one of the poorest regions on the left bank of the Dniestr/Nistru, on 23 July 2012. The region was severely affected by recent storms with high winds and also by a lack of rain in recent months...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia ahead of elections
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 15 to 19 July 2012 to get an update on the situation ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by new Internet restrictions in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
VIENNA, 24 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the blocking of news.tj, the website of Tajikistan’s Asia-Plus main independent news agency, and called for lifting the ban on this and other Internet resources in the country...
ODIHR provides recommendations on establishing a population register in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 July 2012
An expert team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its assessment and recommendations on how to best establish a fully computerized population register in Kyrgyzstan at a launch event in Bishkek on 24 July 2012...
OSCE-sponsored summer school brings young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru closer together
Publishing date: 23 July 2012
For ten days in July 2012, 80 young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river took part in an OSCE-supported summer school at Saharna, a beach resort on the river...
OSCE Office holds workshops for journalists on freedom of religion and expression in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
National legislation on freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, as well as OSCE and international human rights standards in the field are the topics of a three-day workshop for Armenian journalists held from 19 to 21 July 2012. It is organized by the non-governmental organization Collaboration for Democracy Centre with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of local self-government officials
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Sharing best practices identified through the training of newly elected members of municipal councils is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that started in Skopje on 18 July 2012...