News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Hate crimes remain serious problem across OSCE region, ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
WARSAW, 16 November 2011 – Hate crimes continue to be a serious problem across the OSCE region, concludes a report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today, on the International Day for Tolerance...
OSCE completes removal of toxic rocket fuel component from Western and Central Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine, 16 November 2011- The final shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Central Ukraine was loaded on to railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps establish border security co-ordination mechanism in Osh Province
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
The first provincial-level border security meeting with representatives of border management agencies, government officials and residents of border areas in the districts of Kara-Suu and Aravan took place on 16 November 2011 in Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission launches essay contest on Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched on 15 November 2011 an essay contest for primary and secondary school students “Assembly as a Symbol of Democracy”...
OSCE organizes discussion on modernizing media law in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
ASHGABAT, 15 November 2011 – Reforming Turkmenistan’s media legislation to take into account new communication and information technologies was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable event that concluded today in Ashgabat...
OSCE holds discussion on new Armenian Criminal Procedure Code
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
YEREVAN, 15 November 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an expert workshop today to review and discuss the theoretical and practical issues of Armenia’s new draft criminal procedure code...
OSCE Secretary General highlights EU-OSCE synergies at European Parliament committee
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier spoke about OSCE-EU co-operation during an addresss to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs in Strasburg on 14 November 2011, ahead of the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius on 6 and 7 December...