News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over attempted attacks on journalists in Serbia
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
ASTANA, 31 October 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the attempted attack against Tanja Janković, a journalist with B92 broadcaster in Serbia, and warned against violence becoming a dangerous trend...
OSCE helps Ukraine form regulatory approaches to new media
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
KYIV, 31 October 2012 – International experience in regulating new audio-visual media is the focus of a seminar that started in Kyiv today with support from OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE/ODIHR Forum in Almaty promotes further reforms to criminal justice systems in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
More than 100 policymakers, academics, legal professionals and civil society representatives from across Central Asia highlighted recent reform initiatives, current challenges and the way forward in the region’s criminal justice sector at a two-and-a-half day forum that ended in Almaty on 31 October 2012...
OSCE representatives visit Călăraşi to monitor school dispute
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
Representatives of the OSCE Mission to Moldova visited the town of Călăraşi in Central Moldova on 26 October 2012 to better understand the dispute following a merger of Moldovan and Russian-language schools there, and see how the OSCE can help to find viable solutions for all students...
Ensuring human rights of victims while combating human trafficking in focus at OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
TASHKENT, 30 October 2012 – An OSCE-supported workshop that will focus on exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking and ensuring the rights of trafficked persons began in Tashkent today...
Economic co-operation to support democratic transition in Mediterranean focus of OSCE Rome conference
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
ROME, 30 October 2012 – Supporting democratic transition and political reforms through economic co-operation in the Southern Mediterranean region is the topic of a two-day OSCE conference that opened today in Rome...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds discussion on political-party financing
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, together with the Central Electoral Commission, the Viitorul Institute for Development and Social Initiatives, the Moldova office of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the non-governmental organization East Europe Foundation held an international conference on political-party financing in Chisinau on 30 October 2012...