News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Head of Mission expresses support for Montenegrin government’s gender equality department on tenth anniversary
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
Montenegro’s Department for Gender Equality of the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights celebrated its tenth anniversary at an event in Podgorica on 26 March 2013...
OSCE Presence in Albania presents findings and recommendations to improve civil trials
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
TIRANA, 27 March 2013- The OSCE Presence in Albania, together with Justice Minister Eduard Halimi and the Deputy Chair of the High Council of Justice, Elvis Çefa, presented a report on the Albanian civil justice system today...
Ukraine co-chairs 23rd round of Geneva Discussions
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
GENEVA, 27 March 2013- The OSCE Chairperson's Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, emphasized Ukraine’s commitment as 2013 OSCE Chair to building confidence and addressing humanitarian needs on the ground at the 23rd meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today...
Kazakshtan’s media legislation focus of OSCE-supported event
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
ASTANA, 27 March 2013 – A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana on the prospects for reforming Kazakhstan’s media legislation was held in Astana today...
OSCE supports workshop on energy diplomacy in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
ASHAGABAT, 27 March, 2013 – Some thirty key experts and officials of Turkmenistan’s oil, gas, energy, economic and financial sectors and academia attended an OSCE-supported workshop on energy diplomacy that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE, Austrian Finance Ministry train Afghan and Tajik customs officers
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
DUSHANBE, 27 March 2013 – Twelve Afghan and five Tajik senior customs officers completed a one-week training course organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe in partnership with the Austrian Ministry of Finance today...
OSCE Presence fosters cross-party co-operation among women parliamentarians in Albania
Publishing date: 26 March 2013
TIRANA, 26 March 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, hosted a working lunch for women parliamentarians today, to highlight achievements in promoting the role of women in political life and encourage the further increase of women’s representation in the new legislature...