News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission presents survey on media freedom in Montenegro
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
The findings of a survey on media freedom in Montenegro were presented at a roundtable event in Podgorica on 2 November 2011. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Culture Ministry and the non-governmental organization the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights...
High school students meet state leaders as part of OSCE Presence civil education project in Albania
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Science, organized a study visit for 50 students from Vlora, Kukës and Tirana to meet President Bamir Topi, Assembly Speaker Jozefina Topalli, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and the Head of the Constitutional Court, Bashkim Dedja on 4 November 2011...
OSCE conducts training courses in Pristina and Skopje on the protection of human rights during counter-terrorism investigations
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
The importance of protecting human rights while investigating terrorist crimes was highlighted in two training courses for law enforcement officers held by the OSCE in Prishtinë/Priština (31 October–1 November 2011) and Skopje (3–4 November)...
Call for applications for online media seminar announced by OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
The OSCE Mission to Moldova issued a call for applications for a two-day training seminar on establishing and managing professional and financially sustainable online media outlets held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Mission on 29 and 30 November 2011 in Vadul-lui-Voda...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President addresses the OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 3 November 2011...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
VIENNA, 3 November 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) presented their annual report of activities on November 3 to the Permanent Council of the OSCE, in light of the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius...
Efthymiou promotes co-operation in speech to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
VIENNA, 3 November 2011 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou today laid out a vision to strengthen the world’s largest regional security organization during a speech before the Organization’s diplomatic body, the Permanent Council...