News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds course on assistance for trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 April 2011
A three-day workshop with Uzbekistan’s state agencies and civil society to better protect and assist the victims and survivors of human trafficking opened in Tashkent on 26 April 2011...
OSCE Centre supports rehabilitation for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Fifty representatives of rehabilitation centres, prisons’ administrations, international organizations and civil society took part in an OSCE-supported event to celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Atlantis" rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates on 21 April, 2011 at the Training Centre of the State Service of Execution of Punishment in Bishkek...
OSCE Office and Armenian Police enhance co-operation
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Police Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsyan, Head of the Armenian Police, on 21 April 2011 signed an additional protocol to a Memorandum on Co-operation that had been agreed on November 2008...
ODIHR to monitor early parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
ODIHR conducted a needs assessment mission to Skopje from 5 through 7 April in order to assess the pre-election environment and preparations for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 5 June...
President of Turkmenistan receives new Head of OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Sergei Belyaev...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps fight corruption in procurement
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a four-day training course for officials investigating procurement and tender procedures from 12 to 15 April 2011...
President of Kyrgyzstan visits OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 15 April 2011
President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva paid a visit to the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 15 April 2011. She held a lecture followed by a question-and-answer session with students and alumni, and met with the Academy management...