News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Discussion on challenges for women in sports took place in Vienna
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
An OSCE-initiated discussion on the topic “Women in Sport – Towards Enhancing Equality” aimed at raising awareness on challenges that exist for women in sports and highlighting the commitment of the OSCE to promote gender equality, took place in Vienna on 20 April 2012...
OSCE Centre trains Kazakh-language journalists on new media tools
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
The first of four training courses on using the Internet and new media tools for Kazakh-language journalists began on 20 April, 2012 in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan...
Brutal attack against Kazakhstani journalist must be immediately investigated, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
VIENNA, 20 April 2012-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her concern over the brutal attack on Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist with Kazakhstan’s Uralskaya Nedelya newspaper, and asked the authorities to promptly investigate the attack...
OSCE Presence assists Albania in disposing of dangerous chemicals
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and Defence Minister Arben Imami signed an agreement on 16 April 2012 for the disposal of more than 80 tonnes of hazardous chemical products...
OSCE Academy’s Director presents to Permanent Council educational, research programmes for Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek has since 2002 worked to promote the OSCE agenda of regional co-operation in Central Asia, said the Academy’s Director, Maxim Ryabkov, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 19 April 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative warns against using security concerns as pretext for silencing dissent
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
National security concerns should not lead to online censorship, stressed Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, on 19 April 2012 at the Stockholm Internet Forum...
OSCE/ODIHR highlights importance of codes of ethics for parliamentarians at conference in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
The importance of a credible code of ethics for parliamentarians in building trust in democracy was highlighted at a conference held in Tbilisi by the Parliament of Georgia and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 April 2012...