News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania marks conclusion of youth civic engagement project
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
An event was held on 12 November 2012 at Durrës in Albania to mark the graduation of 50 students who participated in a project on civic responsibility of the OSCE Presence in Albania...
Officials from Central Asia, Afghanistan discuss cross-border co-operation with Lithuanian counterparts at OSCE-supported event
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
Twenty-one officials from the border guard, border police and customs agencies of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE-organized seminar at the State Border Guard School in Medininkai in south-eastern part of Lithuania, which concluded on 9 November 2012...
OSCE Special Representative links human trafficking and migration at Bucharest conference
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, focused on the links between human trafficking and migration at a major international conference on combating trafficking and protecting victims in South East Europe...
OSCE Office presents study on establishing probation service in Armenia
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
YEREVAN, 12 November 2012 – Analysis of the current situation, international standards and good practices of OSCE participating States was in the focus of a study on introducing a probation service in Armenia presented today in Yerevan...
Strong rule of law best way to prevent terrorism, say participants at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
VIENNA, 12 November 2012 – Strengthening institutions that uphold the rule of law as a way to effectively prevent terrorism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of an OSCE conference that started in Vienna today...
OSCE Office trains Afghan police and Tajik troops in advanced border patrol
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan completed on 9 November 2012 in Dushanbe its first joint patrol medical course for Afghan border police and Tajik border troops as part of a project to enhance the capacities of both structures to detect and prevent illegal cross-border movement.
OSCE participating States should do more to protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, concludes ODIHR monitoring report
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
OSCE participating States should protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, and restrictions should be proportionate and only imposed when necessary, says a report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 9 November 2012...