News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE States agree up to 100 monitors to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 August 2008
VIENNA, 19 August 2008- The 56 OSCE participating States agreed to increase the number of OSCE monitors in the Mission to Georgia to 100 at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE Secretary General visits Russia's North Ossetia
Publishing date: 17 August 2008
VIENNA, 18 August 2008- At the request of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut was in Vladikavkaz on Saturday and Sunday to meet refugees from South Ossetia and assess the humanitarian situation first-hand...
OSCE Special Envoy says situation in Georgia still "fragile", additional OSCE monitors needed
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
VIENNA, 14 August 2008- The situation in and around the South Ossetia conflict area remains "fragile" and up to 100 additional OSCE monitors are needed, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, said in Vienna today...
Albania finalizes computerization of civil status data, starts issuing printed civil status certificates
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
TIRANA, 14 August 2008- The Albanian Interior Ministry, with support from the OSCE Presence, will begin issuing printed civil status certificates at the Civil Status Offices in Tirana, and local government units in Kamez and Paskuqan...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes discussion of Kazakhstan penal reform
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
ASTANA, 14 August 2008- Ways to improve the Kazakhstan penitentiary system and penal legislation is the focus of a discussion in Astana today...
OSCE Chairman says OSCE must do its utmost for the safety of civilians in and around South Ossetia
Publishing date: 13 August 2008
HELSINKI, 13 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, voiced grave concern today about the safety of civilians in and around the South Ossetia conflict area...
OSCE elections body deploys election observation mission to Belarus
Publishing date: 12 August 2008
WARSAW/MINSK, 12 August 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election observation mission today for the 28 September parliamentary elections in Belarus...