News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Co-operation between international organizations crucial to effectively assisting states in countering hate crime, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 26 September 2016
Effective co-operation between international organizations to counter hate crimes was at the centre of discussion at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 26 September 2016.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports Academy of the Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs Open Days
Publishing date: 26 September 2016
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan supported Open Days organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy, on 23 September in Khujand and 26 September 2016 in Dushanbe...
OSCE promotes best international practices in digital journalism in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 September 2016
New trends and tools in production of journalistic content, coverage of conflicts and investigative journalism were amongst the topics of a conference held on 23 September 2016 in Yerevan within the Digital Story-Telling events series, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and organized by the Media Initiatives Centre NGO...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana promotes participation of young diplomats in transboundary water management
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 20 young diplomats from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the principles of water governance and challenges and solutions related to climate change concluded on 23 September 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre supports modernization of journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
On 23 September 2016, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a seminar on innovative methods of teaching journalism for 15 instructors from the International University for Humanities and Development, Magtymguly Turkmen State University, Foreign Ministry’s Institute of International Relations and the National Institute of Sports and Tourism of the State Committee for Tourism and Sports of Turkmenistan...
Human rights protection key to effectively preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
Measures being undertaken in the OSCE region to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) are counter-productive when they fail to comply with human rights, said participants in a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 22 September 2016.
OSCE media freedom representative and ODIHR Director congratulate Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
WARSAW, 22 September 2016 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today congratulated the daily Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving the Right Livelihood Award, more commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”...