News and press releases

Government representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met to discuss a draft bilateral agreement on the shared water resources of the Kura River Basin in Baku on 28 November 2011 as part of a joint OSCE-UNECE project under the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative...

A graduation ceremony for 21 high-level officials from the police, customs, Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, Special Prosecutor’s office and judiciary who participated in a five-day OSCE-organized training course on combating corruption within law enforcement agencies was held on 25 November 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...

VIENNA, 25 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over the wiretapping of journalists in Slovakia and asked the authorities to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation...

Kyrgyzstan’s international trade policy priorities were the focus of a 5-day training seminar for top governmental officials from 21 to 25 November jointly organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the National Institute of Strategic Studies...

The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, handed over OSCE Presence-funded information materials on anti-discrimination to the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination, Irma Baraku, on 25 November 2011...

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, stressed the importance of journalists’ safety in her report on her Office’s work to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 24 November 2011...

VIENNA, 23 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was deeply saddened by the death of Azerbaijani writer and newspaper columnist Rafiq Tagi and hopes that all those responsible will be brought to justice...