News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, EU support discussion on role of police during Armenia’s elections
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
YEREVAN, 13 April 2012 –– The role and responsibilities of the police during the elections, including co-operation with electoral commissions, political parties, observers, as well as interaction with citizens were discussed today at a roundtable meeting in Yerevan...
OSCE meeting on new technologies and media legislation in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
Legal mechanisms to promote media freedom through modern communication and multimedia technologies were discussed during an OSCE-organized meeting that concluded in Ashgabat on 12 April 2012...
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo NGOs monitor municipal finances
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
A three-day workshop for 40 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo on overseeing financial activities of municipalities concluded in Mavrovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 7 April 2012...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regulatory reforms
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
SKOPJE, 12 April 2012 – Today the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched a package of two projects to train civil servants in law-drafting and improve the quality and inclusiveness of legislation...
OSCE Centre in Astana continues anti-trafficking training for judges
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
ASTANA, 12 April 2012 – An OSCE-organized training seminar for judges on good practices in handling human trafficking cases began today in Astana...
Ministers to meet in Vienna at Central Asia Border Security Initiative
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
VIENNA, 12 April 2012 – The OSCE, the Austrian Interior Ministry, the EU, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UNDP are holding a ministerial-level meeting of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) on 16 and 17 April...
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains officials on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a training course on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from 3 to 6 April 2012 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...