News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General discussed 2013 Ukrainian Chairmanship
Publishing date: 17 September 2011
During his visit to Ukraine on Thursday 15 September 2011, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier stressed that there are concerns within the OSCE community about the situation in Ukraine as the country begins its preparations for the 2013 OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE Presence holds summer school for women in governance
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
The “Women in Governance” project by the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a summer School for women municipal and communal councillors elected in the 8 May local government elections from 12 to 14 September 2011 in Durres. More than 70 women councillors from all over the country and from across the political spectrum participated in the event...
OSCE/ODIHR Director discusses co-operation with Council of Europe Secretary General
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, met the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland, in Warsaw on 15 September 2011 to discuss furthering strong co-operation between the two organizations...
OSCE trains law enforcement officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
SARAJEVO, 16 September 2011- The need to protect human rights while countering terrorism was the focus of a three-day training course for law enforcement officers that ended in Sarajevo today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for presidential election in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
BISHKEK, 16 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an observation mission to monitor the 30 October presidential election in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Chairperson calls for calm, restraint in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 September 2011
VILNIUS, 16 September 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today called for calm and restraint in northern Kosovo, and emphasized the need for constructive approaches...
Youth participation in decision-making processes key to democratic development, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo head
Publishing date: 15 September 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2011 – On the occasion of International Democracy Day, 15 September, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement...