News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 25 April 2012
DUBLIN, BRUSSELS, GENEVA, 25 April 2012 – The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions note with concern that the 36th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) did not take place in Gali on 24 April 2012...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training for police on anti-terrorism
Publishing date: 24 April 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the Intelligence Academy of the Turkish National Police are organizing training for 18 police officers from the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence of the country’s Interior Ministry from 23-27 April 2012...
OSCE helps establish first support centre for domestic violence victims in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 April 2012
A support and assistance centre for victims of domestic violence opened in Ashgabat in April 2012 with support from the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
ASHGABAT, 23 April 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presented an article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat today...
Statement of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on rise of extremism and attack on Efthymiou
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2012 – Citizens and leaders should denounce the rise in extremist political parties in the wake of recent physical attacks in Athens, leaders of the 56-country Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly said today...
Head of OSCE Centre meets authorities, opens anti-human trafficking event in western Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 23 April 2012- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, in Aktau on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast today, met with local authorities and civil society representatives and opened a workshop on preventing human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions...
Greater efforts needed to tackle corruption, say participants at OSCE Dublin meeting
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
DUBLIN, 23 April 2012 – Participants at an OSCE meeting in Dublin today called on governments in the 56 OSCE countries to strengthen their efforts to combat corruption and ensure greater transparency in their states...