News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative protests against continued imprisonment in Cumhuriyet trial, calls on Turkey to stop silencing journalists
Publishing date: 25 December 2017
VIENNA, 25 December 2017- Following the 5th hearing in the Cumhuriyet trial, OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir repeated his earlier resolute calls on Turkey to free all journalists in prison and drop charges against them...
OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on airport security in Podgorica
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion on airport security organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, concluded on 21 December 2017 in Podgorica.
OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalist in Russia, calls for speedy and effective investigation
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
VIENNA, 22 December 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today condemned the violent attack on Vyacheslav Prudnikov, a journalist forthe news website “Kavkazskiy Uzel”, in the town Krasniy Sulin in the Rostov region.
OSCE organizes intensive border management training for OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border management and security completed a four-day intensive training course on various topics related to their work on 22 December 2017 in Vienna.
ODIHR presents expert comments on draft amendments to Montenegro’s election-related legislation in Podgorica
Publishing date: 21 December 2017
An expert from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Podgorica on 21 December 2017 to present informal comments on draft amendments to election-related laws in Montenegro...
OSCE supports training workshop on use of cryptocurrencies and related risks in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 December 2017
An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for some 20 representatives of Kazakhstan’s National Bank on the use of cryptocurrencies concluded on 21 December 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE donates equipment to Tajik Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence
Publishing date: 20 December 2017
Fifty sets of radio equipment (HF/VHF radios) were handed to the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 19 December 2017.