News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
VIENNA, 9 November 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, presented their annual reports to the OSCE Permanent Council on November 8 in Vienna...
OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention...
OSCE trains Kosovo police in drug trafficking investigation
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
An advanced training course on drug trafficking investigation organized by the OSCE Mission concluded on 9 November 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE promotes good governance in water management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 9 November 2012 – Sharing experience and best practices in integrated water resource management in Central Asia is the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar which began in Almaty today...
Central Asian Youth Network participants travel to Vienna to learn about OSCE
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Five Central Asian university students completed a two-day visit to Vienna on 8 November 2012 during which they learned about the OSCE and its activities...
OSCE presents recommendations for central civil and voter registry in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
DUSHANBE, 8 November 2012 –The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today presented members of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) and representatives of the Interior and Justice Ministries, political parties, civil society and international organizations with the conclusions of an assessment on establishing a modern voter and civil registry in Tajikistan...
OSCE meeting addresses challenges and good practices on freedoms of peaceful assembly and association
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
VIENNA, 8 November – Governments should welcome new technologies as an important means to facilitate, protect and promote the fundamental rights to peaceful assembly and association, civil society participants said at the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, which opened today in Vienna...