News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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)...
OSCE Presence, University of Tirana launch Masters degree to improve social services in Albania’s justice system
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Tirana University presented on 30 April 2012 a new interdisciplinary Masters programme aimed at improving the standards of social services in Albania, in particular of those offered by the justice system...
OSCE Chair welcomes facilitation of voting in Kosovo in Serbian parliamentary, presidential elections
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
DUBLIN, 30 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore today welcomed the agreement reached regarding the facilitation by the OSCE of voting in Kosovo in the forthcoming Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...
22nd IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
ERGNETI, 30 April 2012- The 22nd meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti today.
OSCE Office in Yerevan organizes workshop on probation standards
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
YEREVAN, 30 April 2012 – International standards on probation and experience and good practices of other OSCE states were discussed today at an OSCE workshop in Yerevan...
OSCE supports watercraft patrolling, mountain training for Kyrgyzstan’s Internal Troops
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
Officials of the Internal Troops of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry were trained in critical energy infrastructure protection at an OSCE-supported 10-day event which took place from 20 to 29 April 2012 at the Toktogul water power station in Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
DUBLIN, 27 April 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, released the following statement today...