News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports campaign to curb child trafficking and begging in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 7 August 2008- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and non-governmental organization Terre des Hommes launched a public information campaign against child trafficking and begging in Kosovo today...
OSCE Chairman says seriously concerned by Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone fighting
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
HELSINKI, 7 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb expressed serious concern today about the deteriorating situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and said...
OSCE Mission helps Georgian government improve border management
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
TBILISI, 7 August 2008- Strengthening border management was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop for Georgian and Azerbaijani border management and security agencies that ended today in the Georgian district of Lagodekhi...
OSCE Office promotes leadership and critical thinking skills among young people in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 August 2008
KAYRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 6 August 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan is helping young people develop leadership and critical thinking skills at a Civic Education Summer Camp that started today in Kayrakkum...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone violence, reiterates invitation for dialogue
Publishing date: 2 August 2008
HELSINKI, 2 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, condemned today the latest escalation of violence, including overnight shooting, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict....
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
OSCE-supported regional police training centre opens in eastern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
BISHKEK, 31 July 2008- A regional Interior Ministry centre for training police officers in criminal investigation methods, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, opened today in Balykchy, Issyk Kul...