News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on Vienna Document 2011
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
ASTANA, 30 May 2012- A three-day regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 began in Astana today...
OSCE Office and Armenian police launch community policing in Yerevan
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
YEREVAN, 30 May 2012 – A meeting on community policing as the new model of operation in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 1 June was held today by the Armenian police with the support of the OSCE Office...
Head of OSCE Mission calls on Kosovo institutions to improve humanitarian bus transportation
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 May 2011 – Kosovo institutions provide communities and other vulnerable groups with much needed humanitarian transportation services, but a lack of coordination and procedural oversight have left the service unresponsive to the evolving needs of users, concludes an OSCE report published today...
Roundtable talks on resolving electoral disputes held in Bishkek
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
The effective resolution of electoral disputes in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion held in Bishkek by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and other partners, on 29 May 2012...
Addressing the past is vital for prevention of future conflict, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kosovo between 21 and 24 May 2012 to assess the security situation in the north and to discuss language and education challenges, among other issues...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Russian journalist, welcomes police investigation
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
VIENNA, 29 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Russian radio journalist Sergei Aslanyan and called upon authorities to swiftly identify the perpetrators...
OSCE Centre in Astana helps to enhance water co-operation
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 29 May 2012 – Sixty policy and decision makers, legal and technical experts, and academia and non-governmental organizations representatives from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia are taking part in a workshop on groundwater management which started today in Almaty...