News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns arrest of journalists covering protest at U.S. military base
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Dunja Mijatovic, today condemned the detention and arrest over the weekend of several journalists covering demonstrations outside the Fort Benning military base in Columbus, Georgia...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje supports independence of judiciary with regional conference
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
SKOPJE, 23 November 2010- An OSCE-organized regional conference that started today in Skopje supports the independence of the judiciary by bringing together representatives of the institutions instrumental...
Azerbaijani police and internal troops learn how to best deal with crowds at seminar organized by OSCE Office in Baku
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
BAKU, 22 November 2010- A two-week training seminar on non-violent methods for crowd control, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku for police and internal troops began today in Ganja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan...
OSCE Chairmanship calls for new ways to combat security threats
Publishing date: 20 November 2010
LISBON, 20 November 2010- President Nazarbayev at the NATO meeting on Afghanistan, stressed that to combat modern security challenges there needs to be a move from solely using military and police methods to eliminating the sources of these challenges...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports fight against prejudice and intolerance
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
SARAJEVO, 19 November 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, today commended the institutions, organizations and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who have taken part in events...
Youth in focus of OSCE Centre in Bishkek conflict prevention work
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
BISHKEK, 18 November, 2010- A police training seminar and a youth football tournament that started today illustrate the role youth play in conflict prevention efforts, said the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere...