News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General calls on Belgrade and Pristina to ensure smooth running of municipal elections in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 October 2013
VIENNA, 31 October 2013- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has called on Belgrade and Pristina to live up to commitments regarding Sunday’s municipal elections in Kosovo and to use their influence to ensure proper and safe conduct of the process in the north...
PA President Krivokapic urges Permanent Council to focus on OSCE’s strengths
Publishing date: 31 October 2013
VIENNA, 31 October 2013 – A stronger Parliamentary Assembly would greatly enhance the transparency and legitimacy of the OSCE, said OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President meets Secretary General, addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 31 October 2013
Challenges faced by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and ways to address them through inclusivity, visibility and co-operation were the key topics of a meeting between the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today in Vienna...
OSCE discusses police reform, fight against corruption in Armenia
Publishing date: 31 October 2013
YEREVAN, 31 October 2013 – Police reforms, fight against corruption and building integrity and accountability in policing are the topics of a discussion organized in Yerevan today...
OSCE media freedom representative hits out at new UK press regulator
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
VIENNA, 30 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today lamented the issuance of a Royal Charter that establishes a press regulatory body in the United Kingdom...
OSCE helps female parliamentarians re-establish caucus in Albanian Assembly
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized a meeting with female parliamentarians, on 30 October 2013, to support them in re-establishing the women’s caucus in the Albanian Assembly, a structure that has been inactive for the last four years.
OSCE joins forces with international organizations to seek answers to irregular migration problem
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
A project organised jointly by the OSCE, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Organization for Migration, to map the links between irregular migration, migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings along the East Mediterranean Migration Route, began with a seminar in Vienna on 30 and 31 October 2013.