News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Prior to parliamentary elections in Armenia OSCE Office launches guide for voters on political parties
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
YEREVAN, 18 April 2012 – An OSCE-supported guidebook summarizing the platforms, activities and goals of political parties running for 6 May parliamentary elections in Armenia was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes agreement on principles and procedures, agenda in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
VIENNA, 18 April 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed today’s agreement on the principles and procedures for the conduct of formal negotiations as well as the agenda for the process...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports free access to information
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
SKOPJE, 18 April 2012 – Facilitating timely and accurate dissemination of public information and raising awareness among citizens of the work of local authorities is the aim of an OSCE-supported project for civil servants in multiethnic municipalities launched in Skopje today...
OSCE media representative welcomes establishment of Russian public broadcaster
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
VIENNA, 17 April 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s Presidential decree to establish a national public service broadcaster in Russia...
Ministers in Vienna adopt declaration on border security in Central Asia, agree to further enhance border management co-operation
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
Participants of the 10th Conference of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) held in Vienna adopted a Ministerial Declaration on 17 April 2012...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports negotiation training for Interior Ministry special forces
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan helped organize a training course on negotiating with terrorists for the release of hostages, for special forces staff of the Interior Ministry from 4 to 12 April 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses minorities and regional security in Tashkent
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Uzbekistan on 11 and 12 April 2012...