News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence marks 15 years of partnership with Albania
Publishing date: 27 March 2012
TIRANA, 27 March 2012- The OSCE Presence in Albania is marking its 15th anniversary today with an event organized in the Albanian Assembly, co-hosted by the Speaker of the Assembly, Jozefina Topalli and the Head of Presence, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth...
OSCE Special Representative calls for better balance between border control and human rights protection to tackle human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for anti-trafficking efforts at borders to prioritize human rights protection at a conference on “The Politics & Policy of Border Security” in Berlin on 23 March 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Belgrade, Bujanovac and Skopje from 19 to 23 March 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana helps build capacity to combat money laundering
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
ASTANA, 26 March 2012- A four-day training course for Kazakhstani government officials on international mechanisms and tools to combat money laundering and terrorism financing began in Astana today...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on introducing plea bargaining into Kazakhstan’s criminal justice system
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 26 March 2012 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on prospects for introducing plea bargaining into Kazakhstan’s planned Criminal Procedure Code was held in Almaty today...
Independent broadcast regulators crucial for enhancing media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
ISTANBUL, 26 March 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, underlined the crucial role independent regulatory authorities play in ensuring media pluralism at the opening of a master class on broadcast regulation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus in Istanbul today...