News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Warsaw meeting discusses OSCE/ODIHR guidelines on freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- An OSCE-organized roundtable discussion of the guidelines on legislation regulating and affecting freedom of assembly took place in Warsaw today. "The guidelines...
Experts from OSCE Black Sea and Caspian countries agree to co-operate to protect ports from terrorists
Publishing date: 6 October 2006
ANTWERP, 6 October 2006- Keeping ports safe from terrorists and other threats was the theme of a workshop concluding today that brought together port security experts from 12 OSCE Black Sea and Caspian Sea countries...
OSCE Office facilitates discussion on media self-regulation in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 September 2006
YEREVAN, 25 September 2006- Media accountability, best practices regarding self-regulation mechanisms, particularly for public broadcasters were discussed at a meeting that took place in Yerevan over the weekend. It brought together...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Protection Corps officers on human rights
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
PRISTINA, 22 September 2006- Thirty seven officers of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) received certificates today after completing an OSCE-organized course on human rights. The three-day event also focused on minority rights and gender issues....
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents survey showing decentralization reform on track
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
SKOPJE, 22 September 2006- A survey conducted in 80 of the country's 84 municipalities by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje has concluded that municipalities view the decentralization process as "mostly successful"...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Ukrainian prosecutors to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
KYIV, 19 September 2006- Twenty Ukrainian prosecutors are taking part in a training course this week in Kyiv on combating trafficking in human beings. The course was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's...
OSCE Mission organizes visit of Roma women activists to Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 11 September 2006
BELGRADE, 11 September 2006- Thirty five Roma women activists visited the National Assembly today, as part of a project organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Mission's year-long project, "Empowerment of Roma Women for Decision-Making"...