News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Secretary General of Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
The Secretary General of the Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akıncı, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 20 December 2012 in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes first phase of school safety project
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
The first phase of an OSCE-supported project to promote safety in schools will conclude in Skopje on 20 December 2012...
OSCE Centre takes part in discussion on transboundary water management co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana joined some forty Central Asian water authority officials, non-governmental organization representatives and independent experts on 20 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the introduction of integrated water resource management principles into the administration of three small transboundary rivers: the Aspar, the Isfara and the Ugam flowing through all Central Asian countries...
OSCE supports reform of Kyrgyzstan’s governmental press services
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
BISHKEK, 20 December 2012- The results of a needs assessment on the legal aspects of the work of press services of governmental institutions in Kyrgyzstan were presented in Bishkek today at an OSCE-supported conference...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Justice Ministry present draft Law on Compensation of Victims of Criminal Acts
Publishing date: 19 December 2012
The draft Law on Compensation of Victims of Criminal Acts was presented to representatives of relevant state institutions and civil society at an OSCE roundtable discussion held on 19 December 2012 in Podgorica...
29th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
ERGNETI, 18 December 2012- On 18 December the 29th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti.
OSCE/ODIHR examines good practices on collecting data on anti-Semitic hate crimes
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
Representatives from Jewish communities and civil society in the OSCE region met in Warsaw to share good practices in collecting data on anti-Semitic hate crimes, as well as effective responses, during a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 December 2012...