News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence joins forces with Polish experts to improve forensic skills of Albanian Police
Publishing date: 28 April 2014
On 28 April, the OSCE Presence in Albania and Poland’s Central Police Forensic Laboratory signed a co-operation agreement in developing the forensic capabilities of the Albanian Police. This partnership is aimed at raising forensic processing standards in the fight against serious organized crime and terrorism...
OSCE workshops focus on protection of property and housing rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 April 2014
Between 11 and 27 April 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a series of five awareness-raising workshops on the protection of property and housing rights of non-Albanian communities, particularly land expropriation, illegal occupation and immovable property tax...
Greater efforts needed to prevent and respond to hate crimes against Muslims, say participants at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 April 2014
Community-law enforcement measures to combat hate crimes against Muslims were the focus of an expert meeting today in Vienna organized jointly by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by disappearance of journalists in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 25 April 2014
VIENNA, 25 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance in Donetsk of Julia Shustraya and Mikhail Pudovkin, a journalist and a cameraman with LifeNews...
OSCE launches life safety web resource for Ukrainian schoolchildren
Publishing date: 25 April 2014
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator launched the Webspace of Safety – an Internet portal created to inform children about risks and threats posed by explosive hazards present in Ukraine...
New attacks on media in eastern Ukraine, warns OSCE representative
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
VIENNA, 24 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic today warned about the continuing attacks on journalists and deterioration of media freedom environment in eastern Ukraine with new incidents involving media representatives...
OSCE Presence in Albania holds informative meeting on administrative territorial reform
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
On 23 April 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania held a meeting where the State Minister for Local Government Issues, Bledi Çuçi, briefed ambassadors of OSCE participating States and representatives of key international institutions in Tirana on the process of administrative territorial reform. The reform was launched by Albania’s government to enable local government units to offer high-quality services to the citizens and better manage human resources...