News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Security Days tackles challenges of security community
Publishing date: 25 June 2012
VIENNA, 25 June 2012 – New approaches to arms control, resolving protracted conflicts and promoting reconciliation as foundations for strengthening security in the OSCE area are the focus of OSCE Security Days 2012 in Vienna today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps develop new strategies against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime
Publishing date: 23 June 2012
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported the development of new 2012-2017 strategies and action plans against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime for Kosovo through a series of workshops held in Durres, Albania, between 6 and 23 June 2012...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro signs agreement with Montenegro authorities to promote gender equality in municipalities
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
An agreement aimed at strengthening gender equality at the local level was signed between the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and local and national authorities in Montenegro on 22 June 2012...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports study tour to UK for Kyrgyzstan’s police officers, local officials
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
BISHKEK, 22 June 2012 – Representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies and local self-government from Bishkek and Osh visited the United Kingdom on an OSCE-supported study tour...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns arrest and new charges against Andrzej Poczobut, calls for immediate release
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
VIENNA, 22 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the arrest of Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut and called the new charges against him for libel of the President politically motivated...
Parliamentary measure aims to strengthen global food security
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
COPENHAGEN, 22 June 2012 – Two weeks after Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, parliamentarians from the world’s largest regional security organization, the OSCE, will vote on a resolution that aims to strengthen global food security...
Internet freedom, journalists’ safety major concerns, OSCE media freedom representative tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented her second official report of 2012 to the OSCE Permanent Council on 21 June 2012, where she highlighted Internet freedom and journalists’ safety as major concerns...