News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, Council of Europe hold regional seminar on local government reform, economic governance and financial management
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Council of Europe’s Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform held a two-day regional seminar on promoting local government reform, good economic governance and sound financial management at the local level on 7 and 8 December 2011...
OSCE Office presents research on corruption in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
DUSHANBE, 9 December 2011 – The findings of an OSCE-supported study on perceptions and attitudes towards corruption in Tajikistan were presented today in Dushanbe in the first of a series of events for government, civil society and international organizations...
OSCE media representative urges Russian authorities not to harass journalists covering protests
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
VIENNA, 9 December 2011-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, urged today Russian authorities to protect journalists reporting from the scene of street protests from detention and police harassment...
OSCE Centre in Astana holds student conference to mark International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
ALMATY, 9 December 2011 – Some 70 university students gathered to mark International Human Rights Day at an OSCE Centre-supported annual student event that concluded today in Almaty...
Vilnius Ministerial Council concludes with decisions to strengthen responses to conflicts and transnational threats, engagement with Afghanistan and other Partner countries
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, highlighted the progress achieved at the Vilnius Ministerial Council and urged the 56 OSCE participating States to build on the decisions taken and address the challenges raised at the meeting, which concluded today...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was the focus of a two-day expert meeting that started on 7 December 2011 in Bishkek. The event is co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Economical Regulation of Kyrgyzstan with support of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the UN 1540 Committee...
OSCE Chairperson condemns bomb attacks in Afghanistan, offers condolences
Publishing date: 7 December 2011
VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned yesterday’s bomb attacks in Afghanistan in which over 60 people were killed and many injured...