News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission helps improve regional co-operation in combating drug trafficking
Publishing date: 15 March 2011
An exercise in combating international drug trafficking, designed and financed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 11 March 2011...
OSCE Media Representative condemns intimidation of journalists in Italy
Publishing date: 14 March 2011
VIENNA, 14 March 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned continued intimidation and threats against investigative journalists in Italy and urged the Italian authorities to take action and investigate all such cases...
OSCE Chairperson extends condolences, voices solidarity with Japan
Publishing date: 11 March 2011
VIENNA, 11 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the people of Japan today...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Azerbaijan to stop continued intimidation of jailed journalist
Publishing date: 10 March 2011
VIENNA, 10 March 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called today upon the government of Azerbaijan to stop systematic intimidation of jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, live up to its OSCE media-freedom commitments and comply with a European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) judgment ordering his immediate release...
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes ambassadors' visit to B92 to show support for investigative journalists
Publishing date: 10 March 2011
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, led a group of 13 ambassadors in a visit to TV B92 on 8 March 2011. The visit was arranged to show support for the broadcaster and its investigative journalists, who have received death threats from radical and organized crime groups...
OSCE Special Representative urges enhanced role for NGOs in promoting empowerment and social inclusion of trafficked persons
Publishing date: 10 March 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for full recognition of the role of NGOs as major actors of anti-trafficking action, during the launch of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking in London on 8 March...
ODIHR consults with stakeholders on e-voting proposals in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 March 2011
Following a visit to Tajikistan in February, ODIHR provided comments to the country’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) on the proposed introduction of e-voting in the country. The visit followed a request from the CCER for support from the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in implementing electronic voting...