News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Mongolia requests to become OSCE participating State
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
VILNIUS, 28 October 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today received a letter from Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gombojav Zandanshatar, formally expressing Mongolia’s willingness to join the OSCE as a participating State...
OSCE Mission and Kosovo police launch traffic safety campaign
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
The Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward Joseph, and the Assistant General Director of Operations of the Kosovo Police, Colonel Shefqet Beqaj, launched a traffic safety campaign for both drivers and pedestrians on 28 October 2011...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan brings politicians together with students
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 28 October 2011 – Leaders of all six political parties represented in the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan met with 50 university students today as part of a five-day seminar on democratic processes organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan with the support of educational institutions and nongovernmental organizations in Khujand...
OSCE promotes role of women in conflict prevention, crisis management and peace-building at Sarajevo conference
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
SARAJEVO, 28 October 2011 – The need to engage women in all phases of conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation was highlighted at the closing of a two-day conference held in Sarajevo...
OSCE donates minivans to Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
BISHKEK, 28 October 2011 – Today the OSCE Centre in Bishkek presented to the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry Internal Troops two minivans to strengthen the operational security at Kambar-Ata 2 hydro-power station in the southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE welcomes opening of multilingual university department in south Serbia
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
BUJANOVAC, Serbia, 28 October 2011 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Dimitrios Kypreos, today attended the opening of the first multilingual and multi-ethnic university department in Bujanovac...
OSCE/ODIHR and partners promote debate on political party financing in Moldova
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Representatives of political parties, government bodies and non-governmental organizations discussed ways to meet OSCE commitments to pluralism in the financing of political parties at a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on 27 and 28 October 2011 in Chisinau...