News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representatives on gender and human trafficking visit Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2011
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, and the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, are visiting Kyrgyzstan from 26 to 29 July 2011...
OSCE Secretary General meets Austrian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 25 July 2011
VIENNA, 25 July 2011 – Newly appointed OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger today to discuss plans to enhance the effectiveness of the Organization as well as developments in the OSCE area...
OSCE Office in Baku co-hosts course on fundamental rights and freedoms for judges and lawyers
Publishing date: 25 July 2011
BAKU, 25 July 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku and the German Justice Ministry's International Legal Co-operation Foundation today launched a week-long course on fundamental rights and freedoms for 30 judges and lawyers...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps local police strengthen forensic expertise
Publishing date: 25 July 2011
An OSCE-supported training course that aimed to help Kyrgyzstan's police improve the quality of its investigations concluded on 25 July 2011 in the town of Balykchy in the north-eastern province of Issyk-Kul...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 25 July 2011
VIENNA, 25 July 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 23 July. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE condemns attack on vehicle belonging to independent newspaper in Montenegro
Publishing date: 24 July 2011
PODGORICA, 24 July 2011 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Waldemar Figaj today condemned the attack on a delivery vehicle belonging to the independent newspaper “Vijesti”, early on Saturday morning, 23 July. The vehicle was set on fire while parked in the settlement of Masline in Podgorica...
OSCE Chairperson strongly condemns deadly violence in Norway
Publishing date: 22 July 2011
VILNIUS, 22 July 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, condemned the violence that claimed many lives today in Norway. “On behalf of the OSCE, I strongly condemn the atrocious violence that took place in Norway today,” Ažubalis said...