News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to develop guide on protecting critical energy infrastructure from terrorists
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a stakeholder consultation meeting to discuss an OSCE project on protecting non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks on 11 October 2012 in Vienna...
OSCE and Central Election Commission of Ukraine launch online training system for election officials
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A web portal to help train election officials created with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the country’s Central Election Commission was launched today...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Serbian newspaper director
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Damir Dragić, director of the daily newspaper Informer...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports implementation of domestic violence legislation
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a roundtable meeting and a workshop on the implementation of the current domestic violence prevention legislation which concluded today...
Head of OSCE Presence commends peaceful demonstration
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
TIRANA, 18 October 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, commended the peaceful nature of today’s demonstration by a group of formerly politically persecuted persons in front of the Albanian Assembly...
OSCE supports civil society and international participation to promote human rights and anti-corruption in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
Two half-day workshops for the directors of penal colonies under Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary system took place on 18 October 2012 at the Training Centre for Prison Staff in Bishkek. The events were co-organized by the state penitentiary service, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Freedom House and USAID...
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...