News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair in Office and Secretary General at NATO to present the Organization’s contribution to co-operative security response regarding Ukraine
Publishing date: 3 September 2014
BERN/VIENNA, 3 September 2014- OSCE Chair in Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, and Secretary General Lamberto Zannier are to present the Organization’s response to the Ukraine crisis during an event at the NATO Summit in Newsport, Wales...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities focuses on education during visit to Serbia
Publishing date: 2 September 2014
During her visit to Belgrade OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on 28 and 29 August 2014, Astrid Thors took part in the presentation of a study co-financed by HCNM on teaching and learning the Serbian language as a non-mother tongue in South Serbia...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports regional efforts in combating organized crime
Publishing date: 2 September 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated six computers to Montenegrin Interior Ministry, as part of a regional project on combating organized crime...
Russian authorities must end impunity for attacks on journalists, says OSCE Representative following another attack in Pskov
Publishing date: 30 August 2014
VIENNA, 30 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called for the Russian authoities to fully investigate and prosecute all attacks on journalist following an attack against journalist Lev Schlosberg in Pskov, in western Russia.
OSCE-supported summer schools help Ukrainian judges improve knowledge of international mechanisms to protect human rights
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
More than 60 judges of local and administrative courts, and legal professionals from across the country attended two summer schools held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine during July and August 2014 on applying the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the European Court (ECtHR) to uphold the rule of law and strengthening the protection of human rights...
OSCE exercise tests readiness of Peace Messengers across Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Ten teams of “Peace Messengers” from Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province took part in a simulation exercise on 26 August 2014 with the aim of testing their capabilities in crisis response and in acting jointly with public authorities on settling conflict and maintaining stability in their areas of responsibility...
OSCE Representative welcomes court decision declaring wiretapping of journalists in Lithuania illegal
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
VIENNA, 29 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Vilnius Regional Court ruling of 18 August, which found illegal the wiretapping of the telephone conversations of ten current and former employees of the Baltic News Service (BNS), one of the largest news agencies in Lithuania...