News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova encourages joint events to commemorate 20th anniversary of Transdniestrian conflict
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
CHIŞINĂU, 22 February 2012 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Jan Plešinger called today on the authorities on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river to conduct joint memorial events on 2 March 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Transdniestrian conflict...
20th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 21 February 2012
ERGNETI, 21 February 2012- The 20th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today. The event was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...
Violent attacks against journalists in Armenia decreased but financial pressure on media outlets up, finds OSCE Office-supported report
Publishing date: 20 February 2012
YEREVAN, 20 February 2012 – A report on freedom of the press and speech in Armenia during 2010 and 2011 supported by the OSCE Office was presented in Yerevan today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports public discussion on new media law
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Members of a parliamentary working group presented the latest version of Tajikistan’s draft media law for the first time to the public at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting on 16 February 2012...
OSCE Office supports discussion on domestic violence legislation in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
YEREVAN, 17 February 2012 – A new draft law on domestic violence was the focus of a discussion held today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
Attacks against Turkish-language newspaper in Cologne, Paris threaten free reporting, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
PARIS, 17 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned attacks on the Paris and Cologne offices of the Turkish-language daily newspaper Zaman and called for a thorough investigation...
Spain’s November elections democratic and transparent, some recent amendments at odds with OSCE commitments, concludes ODIHR report
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Spain’s early parliamentary elections in November were democratic and conducted transparently but some recent amendments to the electoral legal framework appear to be at odds with OSCE Commitments, concludes the ODIHR final report...