News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes human rights and safety in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 12 June 2012
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held a training course for heads of units of correctional institutions under Kyrgyzstan’s state penitentiary service from 21 May to 12 June 2012...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes election of Albanian president
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
TIRANA, 11 June 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the election of Bujar Nishani as President of Albania...
ODIHR trains police officers in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia to respond to domestic violence
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Helping police officers better respond to cases of domestic violence was the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and partners in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia on 8 and 11 June 2012, respectively...
OSCE Mission to Moldova helps working group experts improve negotiation techniques
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Some 25 members of the expert working groups from both sides of the Dniestr/Nistru River got an opportunity to fine-tune their negotiation skills at an OSCE-organized training course on 7 and 8 June 2012...
Kyrgyzstani law-enforcement’s role in protecting freedom of religion or belief discussed at Bishkek seminar
Publishing date: 6 June 2012
The role played by law-enforcement agencies in protecting freedom of religion or belief was the focus of a seminar organized by ODIHR, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and partners in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on 4 and 5 June 2012...
OSCE Chairperson to visit Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 June 2012
DUBLIN, 6 JUNE 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, will travel to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan next week to meet government leaders, representatives of political parties for discussions of the OSCE’s work in the region...
German experience of parliamentary control over armed forces outlined at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 6 June 2012
Member of the German Bundestag Defence Committee Ernst-Reinhard Beck addressed the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) on 6 June 2012 in Vienna on democratic control over armed forces...