News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
All participating States must intensify real steps to defend media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
TUNIS, 3 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today urged all governments of the 56-nation OSCE to take real steps to secure freedom of speech...
OSCE trains non-financial entities in preventing money laundering, financing terrorism
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – An OSCE training course on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for Kazakhstani non-financial businesses and professions has taken place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue on Kazakhstan’s population registration legislation
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – The challenges of developing a modern national population registration system were discussed today at a roundtable meeting jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism in Kazakhstan...
OSCE, EU train 14,000 election officials in advance of Armenian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
YEREVAN, 2 May 2012 – Training supported by the OSCE and the EU on the procedural and ethical aspects of election administration for precinct election commissioners will conclude tomorrow...
OSCE Presence, Labour Ministry organize senior-level meeting on building up ‘gender equality employees’ in Albania
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities organized on 2 May 2012 a senior-level meeting on strengthening the institutional capacities of “gender equality employees” at the central and local level in Albania...
OSCE media freedom representative honours journalists ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
TUNIS, 2 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launches campaign to help stop gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 May 2012
An outdoor awareness-raising campaign to prevent gender-based violence started on 1 May 2012 with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...