News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje marks International Day of Tolerance with conference on combating hate speech
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
SKOPJE, 16 November 2012 – Encouraging the exchange of views and experiences between diverse groups of political, judicial and civil sector actors on the challenges faced in curbing hate speech is the aim of an OSCE-supported conference started in Skopje today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports conference on national preventive mechanisms against torture
Publishing date: 15 November 2012
The Forth East European Conference on National Preventive Mechanisms started on 15 November 2012 in Odessa with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE trains Afghan, Tajik, Kyrgyz officers on border interdiction
Publishing date: 15 November 2012
DUSHANBE, 15 November 2012 – A five-day training course on cross-border interdiction for 25 Afghan, Kyrgyz and Tajik border and customs officers concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports equitable representation in public administration
Publishing date: 15 November 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, along with the Ministry of Information Society and Administration and a joint initiative of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) organized an international seminar on merit recruitment and equitable representation of ethnic groups in public administration on 14 and 15 November 2012 in Ohrid...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova hosts meeting in Tiraspol of the Moldovan and Transdniestrian chief negotiators
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
TIRASPOL, 14 November 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, hosted today in Tiraspol a meeting of the Moldovan and Transdniestrian chief negotiators Nina Shtanski and Eugen Carpov in the context of the Transdniestrian settlement process...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls on Skopje authorities to work on integration of society
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Skopje on 8 and 9 November 2012, to discuss with the authorities the integration process in the country...