News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports municipality to promote good governance in local economic strategic planning
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
SKOPJE, 3 November 2011 – More than fifty representatives from the business community, schools, municipal administration and civil society from Skopje’s Ilinden municipality will participate in the drafting of a new strategy for local economic development through a project supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched today...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on French magazine’s office
Publishing date: 2 November 2011
VIENNA, 2 November 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned the petrol-bomb attack on the editorial offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris today...
OSCE Office supports workshop on international compensation and liability for oil spills at sea
Publishing date: 2 November 2011
BAKU, 3 November 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku, the Emergency Situations Ministry of Azerbaijan and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC) are co-hosting a two-day workshop on international compensation and liability regimes for oil spills incidents at sea that started in Baku today...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes release of Ilya Kazak
Publishing date: 1 November 2011
VILNIUS, 1 November 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today the release of Ilya Kazak who was sentenced for 14 years of imprisonment in Transdniestria on alleged espionage charges...
OSCE Secretary General in Turkey meets President, Foreign Minister, participates in high-level conference on Afghanistan
Publishing date: 1 November 2011
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on a visit to Turkey on 31 October to 2 November, 2011, discussed Turkey’s engagement in the OSCE’s work and the country’s role in reaching out to the OSCE partners in Asia and the Mediterranean. He is also taking part in a high-level regional conference on Afghanistan...
Protecting children from trafficking is top priority, says OSCE Special Representative during visit to Moldova
Publishing date: 1 November 2011
CHISINAU, 1 November 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during her visit to Moldova today called on the country to continue improving measures to prevent human trafficking, including trafficking for labour exploitation, and protect victims' rights, including access to compensation and long-term support for the social inclusion of victims, especially child victims...
OSCE and ICTY say justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina capable of efficiently processing war crimes cases
Publishing date: 1 November 2011
SARAJEVO, 1 November 2011 – Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have announced today in Sarajevo the successful completion of the Rule 11bis Monitoring Project...