News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Former official of OSCE Mission to Serbia receives award from Serbian Judicial Academy
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
The former Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Department, Ruth Van Rhijn, received the Serbian Judicial Academy’s Annual Award for the Advancement of the Judiciary on 4 May 2012...
OSCE Secretary General welcomes peaceful conduct of ballot facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
VIENNA, 7 May 2012- The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, today welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the OSCE-run ballot facilitation that allowed eligible voters in Kosovo to cast ballots in the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo reports orderly completion of voting
Publishing date: 6 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 6 May 2012 – All OSCE-run polling stations in Kosovo closed today after the orderly completion of voting, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. The reported provisional turnout was 32.17 per cent...
OSCE Mission releases first turnout figures in balloting facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 6 May 2012 – Voter turnout in the ballot facilitation in Kosovo was reported at approximately 17 per cent by 14:00 hrs today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
All polling stations open in OSCE-run balloting facilitation
Publishing date: 6 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 6 May 2012 – All 90 polling stations in the OSCE-run balloting facilitation in Kosovo opened today by 08:15 hrs...
OSCE Centre organizes lectures on modern media for journalism students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2012
ASHGABAT, 5 May 2012 – Thirty students from the Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan successfully completed an OSCE-supported series of lectures on media in the modern world and genres of contemporary international journalism in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Chairperson strongly condemns terrorist acts in Dagestan
Publishing date: 4 May 2012
DUBLIN, 4 May 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, condemned today the terrorist attacks that took place last night in Dagestan...