News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR expert panel explores challenges to freedom of peaceful assembly
Publishing date: 8 May 2012
Challenges in promoting freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE area are the focus of a two-day meeting of an expert panel which opened in Warsaw on 8 May 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative says Moldova should immediately investigate attack on OMEGA camera operator
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
VIENNA, 7 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed her concern over a recent attack on Vladimir Vivici, a camera operator of OMEGA news agency in Chisinau...
Former official of OSCE Mission to Serbia receives award from Serbian Judicial Academy
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
The former Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Department, Ruth Van Rhijn, received the Serbian Judicial Academy’s Annual Award for the Advancement of the Judiciary on 4 May 2012...
Head of OSCE Mission outlines OSCE’s role in facilitating voting in Kosovo for Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, outlined the OSCE’s role in facilitating voting in Kosovo for eligible voters in the upcoming elections for the parliament and president of the Republic of Serbia, at a press conference on 3 May 2012 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Presence, Labour Ministry organize senior-level meeting on building up ‘gender equality employees’ in Albania
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities organized on 2 May 2012 a senior-level meeting on strengthening the institutional capacities of “gender equality employees” at the central and local level in Albania...
OSCE media freedom representative honours journalists ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
TUNIS, 2 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launches campaign to help stop gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 May 2012
An outdoor awareness-raising campaign to prevent gender-based violence started on 1 May 2012 with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...