News and press releases

A new study highlighting the value of parliamentary codes of conduct in promoting professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians was presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a conference in Vienna on 25 January 2013...

VIENNA, 24 January 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over the latest wave of arrests of journalists in Turkey and urged the authorities to reform the country’s anti-terrorism law...

COPENHAGHEN, 24 January 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Secretary General Tina Schoen will travel to Armenia 29-30 January for a pre-election visit ahead of February’s presidential election...

The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, during his visit to Uzbekistan from 21 to 23 January 2013, discussed with the country’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other senior officials ways to strengthen co-operation...

All seven members of Albania’s Central Election Commission (CEC) participated in an electoral management course organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania in co-operation with other international organizations. The training course, in which they were joined by key CEC staff members, took place in Budva, Montenegro from 17 to 22 January 2013...

SARAJEVO, 23 January 2013 – Fletcher M. Burton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking at conference on human trafficking, welcomed efforts to improve BiH’s response to combat this crime by improving criminal legislation at all four levels...

Some 40 senior managers from the Serbian Interior Ministry discussed the advantages of online professional development courses for police officers at an OSCE-supported event in Belgrade on 22 January 2013...