News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Security Days event starts with calls for frank and open discussion on security
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
Opening the two-day Security Days conference on 17 June 2013, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier called for a broad and open discussion on security issues in the OSCE region and invited members of academia, think tanks and civil society to share their ideas...
OSCE helps advance human rights education in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 and 16 June 2013 brought together human rights education specialists for a discussion on how to help revise the standards of social studies in high schools in line with international good practices...
OSCE and international partners honour human rights advocates in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
Civil rights activists, government officials, media and civil society representatives were recognized for their contribution to promoting human rights in Armenia at an event co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 13 June 2013...
Diplomatic community must take responsibility for prevention of trafficking for domestic servitude, says OSCE Special Representative in Kyiv
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at a workshop in Kyiv held from 12 to 13 June 2013 urged the Organization’s participating States to take concrete steps to prevent the little-known phenomenon of trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Lithuania
Publishing date: 13 June 2013
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Vilnius from 11 to 13 June 2013 to present the final report of the Election Assessment Mission for last year’s parliamentary elections in Lithuania...
Fulfilling media-freedom commitments requires mustered political will, says OSCE Representative to participating States
Publishing date: 13 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participating States on 13 June 2013 in Vienna that political will needs to be mustered to fulfil commitments on Internet freedom and journalists’ safety...
Students complete OSCE-supported teaching practice
Publishing date: 13 June 2013
Fourteen future teachers received certificates after completing a training course supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje at a ceremony on 13 June 2013 in country’s eastern city of Shtip...