News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Media freedom online topic of OSCE event in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
ASHGABAT, 30 May 2013- Freedom of the media and the legal regulation of the Internet was the focus of an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Organizational skills of Armenian national minorities enhanced with OSCE involvement
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
A five-day training course on organizational development for national minorities in Armenia kicked off in Yerevan on 31 May 2013. The class, which receives support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan, targets heads and representatives of youth branches of national minority NGOs...
Italian Police and ODIHR sign agreement on hate crime training for police
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Italian authorities signed an agreement on 29 May 2013 for training of Italian law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...
OSCE concludes workshops for Turkmenistan officials on effective water management practices
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan, 29 May 2013 – An OSCE-supported series of workshops on modern technologies of water resources management concluded in Dashoguz in western Turkmenistan today...
Afghan and Tajik border officials undergo OSCE-supported training in identifying chemicals used in illicit manufacture of drugs
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
DUSHANBE, 29 May 2013- A training course for border officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan on identification of chemicals used in illicit manufacture of drugs, and investigation of their sources started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
OSCE facilitates public hearings for Tajikistan’s draft environmental code
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
KURGAN-TYUBE, Tajikistan, 29 May 2013 – A set of public hearings on the draft Environmental Code started today in Kurgan-Tyube, facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
On anniversary of Montenegrin journalist's killing, OSCE media freedom representative calls for end of impunity for attackers
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
On 28 May 2013, the ninth anniversary of the murder of Montenegrin journalist Duško Jovanović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, urged the authorities to end the impunity against journalists’ attackers...