News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA deeply concerned about attack on opposition figure in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2013 – Violence has no place in a democracy, said OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck following reports that a leading opposition figure in Tajikistan was beaten outside his home in Dushanbe...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports fight against illicit drugs
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan, 23 April 2013 – Addressing the challenges of illicit drug distribution is the focus of two seminars supported by the OSCE that opened today in in Andijan in the eastern part of Uzbekistan, and will continue on 25 April in Ferghana city...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes renewal of co-operation on election observation between ODIHR and OSCE PA
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
KYIV, 22 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara met today with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Wolfgang Grossruck, who was on a two-day visit to Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against journalist in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
WARSAW, 23 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a reporter with public broadcaster RTK TV...
OSCE supports implementation of access to information law in Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 April 2013
Implementation of the new Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Human Resources Management Authority on 22 April 2013 in Podgorica...
OSCE promotes interfaith dialogue in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 April 2013
A series of five forums organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for the representatives of the Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities to facilitate interfaith dialogue, promote tolerance and freedom of religion and belief, concluded in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on 19 April 2013...
OSCE welcomes Belgrade-Pristina agreement
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
KYIV/VIENNA, 19 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier welcomed today’s Belgrade-Pristina agreement facilitated by the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in Brussels...