News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission supports winter camp to educate young people on democracy-building
Publishing date: 26 November 2007
SKOPJE, 26 November 2007- Sixty high school students of different ethnic backgrounds had a chance to socialize and learn about good governance and economic and environmental issues at an OSCE Mission-supported winter camp, which ends in Mavrovo today...
OSCE media freedom representative says optimistic about re-opening of suspended Imedi TV after visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 23 November 2007
TBILISI, 23 November, 2007- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti said today he gained assurances from the Georgian President that media pluralism in the country will be restored by early December...
OSCE Mission organizes training on financial crimes investigations in Novi Pazar
Publishing date: 20 November 2007
NOVI PAZAR, Serbia, 20 November 2007- Fighting economic crime in Serbia was the topic of an OSCE training course for judiciary, police officers and court experts which ended in Novi Pazar today...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar for domestic observers in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2007
ASHGABAD, 20 November 2007- More than 70 domestic observers from the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, the Women's Union, the Youth Organization and the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights took part in an OSCE seminar in Ashgabad today...
OSCE, EU officials meet in Brussels
Publishing date: 19 November 2007
BRUSSELS, 19 November 2007- Kosovo elections, Kazakhstan's bid to chair the OSCE, election observation missions, and preparations for the Madrid OSCE Ministerial Council topped the agenda at an OSCE-EU Ministerial Troika meeting in Brussels today...
OSCE Office supports study on the participation of female candidates in Armenia's parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
YEREVAN, 15 November 2007- An imperfect electoral process, gender stereotypes, and a lack of political experience and financial resources put female political candidates at a disadvantage, found an OSCE-supported study presented today in Yerevan...
Co-operation needed to prevent terrorists from exploiting the Internet, finds OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 15 November 2007
VIENNA, 15 November 2007- Co-operation is crucial to efforts to prevent terrorist exploitation of the Internet, heard participants at an OSCE expert workshop that started today...