News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes regional cooperation on ground waters management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 September 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 September 2011 – A workshop on groundwater management organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in Almaty and the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), started today in Almaty...
OSCE Mission conducts anti-trafficking training in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 September 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has launched a series of ten regional training sessions on standard operating procedures for dealing with victims of trafficking...
OSCE supports discussion on role of parliamentarians ahead of presidential election in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 September 2011
BISHKEK, 10 September 2011 – An OSCE-organized forum on the role of the Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament in ensuring the conduct of transparent presidential elections, took place today...
OSCE hosts meeting of Moldovan and Transdniestrian leaders
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
BAD REICHENHALL, Germany, 9 September 2011 – The Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audrionus Ažubalis, opened a bilateral meeting between the leaders of the sides in the Transdniestrian conflict- Prime Minister Vlad Filat of Moldova and Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov – in the German town of Bad Reichenhall today...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes granting of asylum to Belarusian journalist
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
VILNIUS, 9 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed his country’s granting of asylum to Belarusian journalist Natallya Radzina...
More, not less media freedom needed to combat terrorism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
VIENNA, 9 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commemorated the victims of terrorism worldwide on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States and reaffirmed the importance of free media in fighting terrorism...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro welcomes adoption of key legislation on elections of Councillors and Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
PODGORICA, 9 September 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Šarunas Adomavičius, today transmitted his good wishes to the country's President, Speaker of Parliament, Prime Minister and Members of Parliament on the adoption of the Law on the Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament...