News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports fight against illicit drugs
Publishing date: 25 March 2013
TASHKENT, 25 March 2013 – Addressing the challenges of illicit drug trafficking is the focus of a three-day seminar supported by the OSCE that opened today in Tashkent...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova discusses freedom of movement with Transdniestrian leader
Publishing date: 21 March 2013
TIRASPOL, 21 March 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, met today in Tiraspol with Transdniestrian leader Evgeny Shevchuk and chief negotiator Nina Shtanski to discuss issues related to the 5+2 negotiations, including education and freedom of movement between both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river. The situation in the Security Zone was also discussed...
OSCE Mission presents Model Local Action Plan against corruption in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 March 2013
Strengthening mechanisms for the fight against corruption on the local level was the topic of an event organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Interior Ministry and the Union of Municipalities on 20 March 2013 in Podgorica...
Joint Statement on International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publishing date: 21 March 2013
VIENNA, WARSAW, STRASBOURG, 21 March 2013 – The social fallout from the ongoing global economic crisis must not become an excuse to allow racism and prejudice to go unchecked, said Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Eva Smith Asmussen, Chair of the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), in a joint statement to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...
OSCE helps build trust between police and young people in Armenian regions
Publishing date: 21 March 2013
A dialogue between the police and young people supported by the OSCE office will take place on 21 and 22 March 2013 in the city of Vanadzor and the village of Arevashogh in Lori province in northern Armenia...
OSCE removes latest batch of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 March 2013
A train carrying 376 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers at a site in Shevchenkove, left Ukraine on 20 March 2013 for safe disposal as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over treatment of journalists at Croatian public service broadcaster
Publishing date: 20 March 2013
VIENNA, 20 March 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over the treatment of three journalists at Croatian Radio Television’s (HRT) news programme...