News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Conflict resolution re-energized, OSCE Chairman tells UN Security Council
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
NEW YORK, 26 September 2008- The OSCE is re-energizing its work on conflict resolution and crisis management, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, told the UN Security Council today...
OSCE Office supports discussion on implementing European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
YEREVAN, 26 September 2008- Armenia's implementation of its commitments as a signatory to the Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was the focus of a conference supported by the OSCE Office today in Yerevan...
OSCE Centre fosters discussion on political reforms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
ASTANA, 26 September 2008- Legislation on political parties and elections as a contributing factor to the reforms process in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable discussion today co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
Serbian police officers learn about staff training on OSCE Mission-supported study visit to Slovenia
Publishing date: 25 September 2008
BELGRADE, 25 September 2008- Eleven senior officials from the Serbian Interior Ministry learned more about the organization of basic, specialized and in-service training courses during a three-day study visit to Slovenia that ended today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje, FOSIM mark International Right to Know Day
Publishing date: 25 September 2008
Skopje, 25 September 2008-The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the local foundation of the Open Society Institute are marking International Right to Know Day with a conference today encouraging journalists to make use of rights to free access to information...
OSCE observes exercise to protect energy infrastructure from terrorist attack
Publishing date: 24 September 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, 24 September 2008- The OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit is observing a tactical training exercise aimed at neutralizing a simulated terrorist attack on critical energy infrastructure, which started today near St. Petersburg...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes workshop on stock markets
Publishing date: 24 September 2008
ASHGABAD, 24 September 2008- More than 30 professionals and students from Turkmenistan's Banking College, Central Bank, Finance Ministry and the Institute for Strategic Planning are taking part in a workshop on equity markets valuation that ends today...