News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes resumption of official ‘5+2’ negotiations on Transdniestrian settlement
Publishing date: 22 September 2011
NEW YORK/MOSCOW, 22 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement...
ODIHR Director: OSCE’s early crisis response must include human rights
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
The OSCE’s early response to emerging conflicts must include a human rights track next to conventional political efforts if human rights violations are at the root of a crisis, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, said at a meeting on enhancing the Organization’s early response capacities in Vienna on 20 September 2011...
OSCE trains government press service representatives in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
ASHGABAT, 21 September 2011 – Some 20 spokespersons and press service representatives from Turkmenistan’s ministries and state institutions will share experiences and acquire new skills during an OSCE-organized training seminar that opened in Ashgabat today...
Expert meeting seeks to strengthen OSCE crisis response
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
The potential for enhancing early response to crises and emerging conflicts is the focus of a meeting in Vienna on 20 September 2011 hosted by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre...
OSCE Presence holds summer school for women in governance
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
The “Women in Governance” project by the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a summer School for women municipal and communal councillors elected in the 8 May local government elections from 12 to 14 September 2011 in Durres. More than 70 women councillors from all over the country and from across the political spectrum participated in the event...
OSCE Centre and UNDP support training for Kyrgyzstan's prosecutors ahead of election
Publishing date: 15 September 2011
BISHKEK, 15 September 2011- A series of training seminars for prosecutors ahead of Kyrgyzstan's 30 October presidential election started today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani journalists in online investigative journalism
Publishing date: 13 September 2011
BAKU, 13 September 2011- A five-day training course on online investigative journalism for 17 professional investigative reporters organized by the OSCE Office in Baku started today...