News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Cyber security discussed at OSCE-supported workshop in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
YEREVAN, 24 May 2012 – Global issues of cyber, and information and communication technology security are in the focus of a two-day workshop that started today in Yerevan with the support of the OSCE Office...
OSCE Mission condemns arson at Kosovo Serb houses in Klinë/Klina municipality
Publishing date: 23 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 23 May 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the arson that destroyed one Kosovo Serb’s house and seriously damaged another’s in Drenoc/Drenovac village in Klinë/Klina municipality last night.
OSCE reviews plan of action to control small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 23 May 2012
VIENNA, 23 May 2012 – The 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partners for Co-operation today concluded a review of the OSCE Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons that aims to counter the spread and accumulation of illicit SALW...
Access to information, public participation in decision making, access to justice on environmental matters in focus at OSCE-supported forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 May 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 22 May 2012 – A two-day sub-regional conference on the implementation of the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention) started today in Almaty...
OSCE Centre supports discussion in Kazakhstan on implementation of UN recommendations on human rights
Publishing date: 22 May 2012
ASTANA, 22 May 2012- State officials, national and international experts, representatives of the national human rights institutions, academia and civil society discussed measures to implement the recommendations of the UN in the human rights field during an OSCE-supported meeting held today in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts in dealing with hate crime and hate speech cases
Publishing date: 22 May 2012
SKOPJE, 22 May 2012 – Sharing best practices on how to better handle hate crime and hate speech cases is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Skopje today...
Serbian presidential election open and highly competitive, institutions need to be more responsive
Publishing date: 21 May 2012
BELGRADE, 21 May 2012 – The second round of Serbia’s early presidential elections on 20 May 2012 maintained the open, highly competitive character of the first round, but provided further indications that efforts are needed to enhance the integrity of the electoral process, international observers said in a statement today...