News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps to fight wildfires in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
YEREVAN, 14 September 2011 – Assessing the risk of wildfires and developing and implementing national fire management policies was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Yerevan today...
OSCE/ODIHR director presents plans for observation of Duma elections to Russian authorities
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
MOSCOW, 14 September 2011 – The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, presented ODIHR’s plans for observing the upcoming parliamentary elections to the Russian authorities during a two-day visit to Moscow which ended today...
OSCE calls on Kosovo institutions to take further action in support of repatriated persons
Publishing date: 13 September 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 September 2011 – Despite tangible progress achieved by Kosovo institutions in policy development and the establishment of institutional mechanisms, the implementation of the Revised Strategy for the Reintegration of Repatriated Persons continues to lag behind, concludes an OSCE report published today...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani journalists in online investigative journalism
Publishing date: 13 September 2011
BAKU, 13 September 2011- A five-day training course on online investigative journalism for 17 professional investigative reporters organized by the OSCE Office in Baku started today...
OSCE Centre facilitates election visit to Norway for Turkmenistan officials
Publishing date: 13 September 2011
OSLO, 13 September 2011 – A delegation of high-level members of Turkmenistan’s Central Election Commission and Mejlis (Parliament) exchanged views on practical aspects and modern methods of regulating, organizing and conducting elections during a working visit to Norway that concluded today...
OSCE promotes professional development of female police officers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 September 2011
From 4-11 September OSCE organized a study tour to London for representatives of the Women’s Police Association in Kyrgyzstan...
More needs to be done to combat hate crimes against Christians, participants say at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 12 September 2011
ROME, 12 September 2011 – Participating States need to step up their efforts to effectively prevent and combat hate crimes against Christians, participants said at the opening of an OSCE conference in Rome today...