News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Enhancing counter-terrorism co-operation in Mediterranean Basin theme of OSCE event in Spain
Publishing date: 17 September 2013
More than 65 practitioners from judiciary and law enforcement agencies will meet from 17 to 18 September 2013 to discuss how to best contribute to an effective and timely exchange of operational information on terrorists and terrorist networks. Gathering in Malaga, Spain, they will represent 17 OSCE participating States and countries from the Mediterranean region, OSCE Partners for Co-operation, as well as various international and regional organizations...
OSCE Centre supports conference on transport security and trade facilitation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 September 2013
ASTANA, 12 September 2013 – Some 250 prosecutors and law enforcement officers from Kazakhstan gathered at an international conference that started today in Astana, with the OSCE Centre support, to discuss how to enhance transport security, improve transit and accelerate the movement of goods, in particular within the Eurasian economic space...
The role of armed forces in democratic societies in Mediterranean discussed at OSCE Malta conference
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
ST. JULIAN’S /VIENNA, 11 September 2013 –Security sector governance and the role of armed forces in democratic societies are the topics of a three-day OSCE conference on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security starting today in Malta...
OSCE supports young Ukrainian firefighters contest on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
An OSCE-supported awareness-raising quiz on risks and threats of explosive remnants of war (ERW), for more than160 secondary school students from all over Ukraine, took place on 9 September 2013 in Zaozerne near Yevpatoria in Crimea...
Proposed Ukrainian public service broadcasting law needs improvement, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
VIENNA, 9 September 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today reiterated her positive assessment of the Ukrainian parliament decision to adopt a law on public service broadcasting...
Toxic rocket fuel component fully removed from Eastern Ukraine with OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 September 2013 – Seven-hundred and sixty tonnes of mélange, a highly toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, were shipped today from Ukraine to Russia to be processed into chemical products for civilian use, under an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE Chairperson pledges continued co-operation with Parliamentary Assembly, support for election observation
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
On 30 August 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara had a telephone conversation with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ranko Krivokapic. Leonid Kozhara reiterated a great importance that the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship attaches to the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and stressed the readiness to continue close co-operation with this institution...