News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on democratic oversight of security sector in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
ASTANA, 3 October 2012 – Fostering dialogue and co-operation between ministries, parliamentarians and senior military personnel involved in the oversight of armed forces is the focus of a regional OSCE-held seminar that started today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ukrainian parliament’s decision rejecting re-criminalization of libel
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
MOSCOW, 2 October 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, commended today the decision by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine to reject re-criminalization of defamation...
Georgia takes important step in consolidating conduct of democratic elections, but some key issues remain, election observers say
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
TBILISI, 2 October 2012 – Georgia’s parliamentary elections marked an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, although certain key issues remain to be addressed, concluded the international election observers in a statement released today...
Religious and belief communities need legal recognition, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
Religious and belief communities should be granted quick, simple and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 2 October 2012...
Senior border officials from 12 countries start course at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
DUSHANBE, 1 October 2012 – The opening ceremony for the sixth staff course for senior border officials from 12 countries was held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...
Structured legal measures are needed to put human and community rights legislation into practice in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 October 2012 – Despite substantial progress in creating the necessary legal framework to safeguard human and community rights, more needs to be done to put this into practice, an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today concludes...
OSCE Mission to Skopje extends school safety project
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on 1 October 2012 the extension of the school safety project “My Safety Depends on Me” for the school year 2012-13...