News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes international standards in cross-border trade within Customs Union
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
ASTANA, 14 May 2012 – Facilitating cross-border trade and transport operations within the Customs Union comprised of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is the subject of a regional seminar that started in Astana today.юю
OSCE Border Management Staff College co-organizes seminar on cross-border conflicts
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
DUSHANBE, 14 May 2012- A seminar on managing, resolving and preventing conflicts at borders for senior border officials and researchers from Central Asia, Western and Eastern Europe and North America started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe today...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
BAKU, 14 May 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled May 11-14 to Yerevan and Baku, where they met with Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev to discuss the most recent efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Using asset declarations by public officials to fight corruption in Central Asia focus of OSCE seminar
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
BISHKEK, 14 May 2012 – Requiring public officials to declare their assets as a way of increasing transparency and trust in public administration and preventing conflicts of interest and corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE expert seminar that started today in Bishkek...
Efthymiou, Saakashvili, Bakradze promote economic co-operation in Georgia
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
BATUMI, Georgia, 12 May 2012 – Regional co-operation on economic development is not only sound fiscal policy but key to peace and security, parliamentary and government leaders said today at the opening of a major economic conference in Georgia...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Russia’s presidential election recommends measures to promote fairness and equality in electoral process
Publishing date: 11 May 2012
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Russia’s presidential election on 4 March 2012 concludes that the contest was clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants and recommends measures to ensure a more balanced process...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns brutal attack against journalist in Greece and urges swift investigation
Publishing date: 11 May 2012
VIENNA, 11 May 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the beating of Greek journalist Konstantinos Bogdanos, and called for a swift investigation by the authorities...