News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
Law students in Turkmenistan discuss pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings at OSCE lecture course
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
ASHGABAT, 28 April 2012- Thirty students from the Law Faculty of the S.A. Niyazov Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs completed today in Ashgabat an OSCE-organized lecture series on human rights standards at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings...
OSCE Chairperson condemns blasts in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
DUBLIN, 27 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, condemned the blasts in Dnipropetrovsk today...
OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes resumption of railway traffic across Transdniestria
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
CHISINAU, 27 April 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomed today the resumption of railway traffic across Transdniestria after a six year hiatus, officially agreed by Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and Transdniestrian leader Yevgeny Shevchuk...
OSCE supports SALW and ammunition stockpiles security and management training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
ASHGABAT, 27 April 2012 – Thirty-eight military officials from the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan successfully completed OSCE-supported training seminars on the physical security and stockpile management of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA) today in Ashgabat...
OSCE Office in Yerevan organizes workshop on rights of national minorities
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
YEREVAN, 27 April 2012 – A workshop by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on the rights of national minorities as envisaged in international and national legislation and measures to raise awareness of the issue among politicians, the media and the general public was held today in Yerevan...
ODIHR supports discussion on increasing women’s participation in political parties in Georgia
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
Measures to increase women’s participation as political party candidates in Georgia were the focus of a three-day event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi from 25 to 27 April 2012...