News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Reconciliation key to breaking ‘cycle of enmity’, OSCE Secretary General tells meeting participants
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
VIENNA, 18 December 2012 – Reconciliation is key to overcoming the lack of trust and animosity with the aim to facilitate progress towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security community in the OSCE region, said participants at an OSCE workshop in Vienna today...
OSCE supports torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
As part of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek’s support to the co-operation between state bodies, human rights organizations and the international community in addressing torture prevention in places of detention, the Centre, the Ombudsman, relevant governmental institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic and civil society organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 December 2012 in Bishkek...
OSCE promotes discussion on humanitarian de-mining in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
An OSCE-supported workshop on long-term sustainability of humanitarian de-mining in Tajikistan was organized on 14 December 2012 at the Defence Ministry in Dushanbe...
OSCE helps reduce flood risk in the Dniester river basin
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine, 17 December 2012- Two automated stations to monitor the water level in the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River basin opened in Western Ukraine today with support from the OSCE...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains judges on judicial review of administrative disputes
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
A seminar for administrative-court judges on the judicial review of administrative disputes started on 17 December 2012 in Kyiv with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Mission acting head condemns violent incident in Prishtine/Pristina and calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 15 December 2012
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 December 2012 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Elaine Conkievich, today condemned last night’s violent incident that forced cancellation of the presentation of Kosovo 2.0 magazine.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains judges and prosecutors on professional integrity
Publishing date: 14 December 2012
The role of public servants in enforcing professional integrity was the topic of an anti-corruption training seminar held in Przno by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro from 13 to 14 December 2012...