News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ahead of elections, OSCE Mission to Skopje facilitates discussions between local political leaders ahead of elections
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
From 18 February to 1 March 2013, the Monitoring Unit of the OSCE Mission to Skopje held roundtable discussions in 18 municipalities between mayoral candidates, leaders of local branches of political parties involved in the elections process, representatives of Municipal Electoral Commissions, Regional Representatives of the Ombudsman and Sectors for Internal Affairs...
OSCE, UNHCR exchange good practices with Azerbaijani officials and legal professionals on countering human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 February 2013
The OSCE Office in Baku and UNHCR held two workshops from 25 to 28 February 2013 on combating human trafficking and forced labour in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
ASTANA, 27 February 2013 – A two-day roundtable meeting on developing national legislation to ensure the right of access to information in Kazakhstan began today. It was initiated by Internews Kazakhstan and co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE launches project to promote mentor networks for women’s empowerment
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
An OSCE project to establish “mentor networks” to help women help each other to participate in political, economic and social life and achieve equality started with a training course in Belgrade on 26 and 27 February 2013...
Border crossings guide in Russian
Publishing date: 26 February 2013
The Russian version of a handbook on best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UNECE was recently launched.
Promoting tolerance, non-discrimination key topics of discussion by OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy, Personal Representatives
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
The OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Special Envoy Viacheslav Yatsiuk met with the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on tolerance and non-discrimination Senator Adil Akhmetov, Rabbi Andrew Baker and Ambassador Tetiana Izhevska, in Vienna on 21 February 2013...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting opens in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 February 2013
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting opened in Vienna on 21 February 2013. More than 240 parliamentarians have gathered for the two-day meeting, which will include a special debate on the situation in Syria, Mali, and North Africa. Other key items on the agenda include media freedom, border co-operation and security forces...