News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains judges on election legislation
Publishing date: 18 September 2012
Uniform interpretation of the election legislation is the focus of two training seminars for Ukraine’s administrative court judges that started on 18 September 2012 in Odessa with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
VIENNA, 17 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today criticised a criminal conviction of Robert Frycz, the editor of Antykomor.pl website, for insulting the President of Poland, and called for decriminalization of defamation in the country...
OSCE trains Uzbekistan’s diplomatic staff to protect human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
TASHKENT, 17 September 2012- A three-day OSCE training course to help Uzbekistan’s diplomatic and consular personnel identify, assist and protect trafficking victims started today in Tashkent...
OSCE supports study visit to US for Turkmenistan police and drug enforcement officials
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
Four senior police and drug enforcement officials from Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE-supported study visit to the United States that concluded on 14 September 2012...
OSCE Centre supports study tour on political party systems
Publishing date: 14 September 2012
A group of 12 political parties’ activists, government officials as well as representatives of civil society and think tanks from Kazakhstan took part in an OSCE Centre-supported five-day study tour to Poland which concluded in Warsaw on 14 September 2012.
OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosts seminar on security in Central Asia
Publishing date: 14 September 2012
The fifth annual Central Asian security seminar took place at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 13 and 14 September 2012...
Fostering public participation in decision-making crucial for Kosovo’s democracy, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 14 September 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, marking International Democracy Day, highlighted the importance of public participation and transparency in political decision-making...