News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Council of Europe discussed the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities and tolerance and non-discrimination issues
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
STRASBOURG, 5 April 2013 – Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk of Ukraine, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, and Ambassador Josep Dalleres of Andorra, Chairperson of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe co-chaired today the 17th meeting of the Co-ordination Group between the Council of Europe and the OSCE. Representatives of the OSCE Troika, Bureau of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe, Secretariats of both Organizations and their focal points also took part at the meeting...
OSCE Mission to Moldova helps remove radioactive sources from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
CHISINAU, 5 April 2013 – Today the OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitated and monitored the removal of more than 150 sources of ionizing radiation from the Transdniestrian region...
OSCE promotes co-operation on water resources between users and local authorities in northern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 5 April 2013 – An OSCE-organized training seminar on managing water resources and resolving related disputes took place today in Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports training on revised FATF standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2013
A two-day workshop on the revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, organized by the World Bank and the Kazakhstan’s Committee for Financial Monitoring with the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan began on 4 April 2013 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE holds trade and transport workshop with Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Publishing date: 3 April 2013
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, jointly with the Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), held a workshop on 3 April 2013 in Istanbul on border and customs issues...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports theatre play against youth drug abuse
Publishing date: 3 April 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the local police in Bitola in developing a youth theatre play as an effort to prevent the use of illegal drugs among young people in Bitola, a city in the south-western part of the country...
OSCE helps develop election training system in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 April 2013
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) together with the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) organized in Kyiv on 2 April 2013 a conference to discuss the development of a training system for election commission members...