News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council calls on government and opposition in Georgia to engage in constructive dialogue
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 May 2011 in Vienna, the Chairperson, Lithuanian ambassador Renatas Norkus, expressed his concern about the reports of violent incidents during demonstrations in Tbilisi and called for restraint by all sides...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes arrest of Ratko Mladić
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
BELGRADE, 26 May 2011- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomes the arrest in Serbia todayof the Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić, who was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including genocide in Srebrenica...
Deadline for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award extended to 30 June
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2011 Max van der Stoel Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities, has been extended to 30 June 2011.
OSCE organizes discussions on investment in hydropower in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
More than 40 officials and experts on water energy discussed on 24 May better utilization of hydropower as a step forward in economic development during a seminar in Dushanbe supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Tajik-Norwegian Small-scale Hydro Power Initiative (SHP)...
Ambassador Ralf Breth appointed as Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
Ambassador Ralf Breth of Germany took up his appointment as the new Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje on 16 May...
OSCE media representative says Bosnia and Herzegovina urgently needs to uphold the editorial and political independence of its public service broadcaster
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
VIENNA, 25 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today that the recent changes to the statute of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public service broadcaster (BHRT) may undermine its editorial independence...
OSCE Special Representative, 1500 students make symbolic journey to Palermo against organized crime
Publishing date: 24 May 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, along with some 1500 students, participated in a symbolic journey from Civitavecchia to Palermo on 22-23 May to promote the culture of legality...