News and press releases

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 December 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, congratulated today the public and their elected representatives on the tenth anniversary of the Assembly of Kosovo...

WARSAW, 9 December 2011 – One year after the OSCE participating States promised to step up their efforts to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, tangible progress remains elusive, said Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of ODIHR, ahead of international Human Rights Day...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 December 2011 – Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December:

The OSCE and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) held an intensive train–the-trainers course for border guard officers on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as reception practices at border entry points from 21 to 30 November 2011...

Cyber security and cybercrime were the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Police on 8 December 2011. The event looked at current challenges in Armenia and international experience in fighting cybercrime with the aim of fostering co-operation between the private sector and law enforcement agencies as well as the international community...

The OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Democratization Department, in partnership with Serbia’s Judicial Training Academy, organized the country’s first anti-discrimination and gender equality training course for apprentice judges in Zlatibor, in central Serbia, from 5 to 8 December 2011...

Speaking at the conference “Freedom Online” in the Hague on 9 December 2011, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, emphasized the obligation of governments to ensure freedom of the Internet, including giving citizens unrestricted access to multiple sources of information...