News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes Aarhus Convention principles in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
ASHGABAT, 19 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported multi-stakeholder training course on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, known as the Aarhus Convention, was held in Ashgabat today...
President of Turkmenistan receives new Head of OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Sergei Belyaev...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps fight corruption in procurement
Publishing date: 19 April 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a four-day training course for officials investigating procurement and tender procedures from 12 to 15 April 2011...
OSCE in Tajikistan supports training for prosecutors on torture prevention
Publishing date: 18 April 2011
DUSHANBE, 18 April 2011- A five-day training course on torture prevention for 29 prosecutors co-organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, the Prosecutors Training Institute and the Human Rights Center started today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office in Baku holds workshop on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 18 April 2011
GANJA, Azerbaijan, 18 April 2011 – A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku for regional authorities on the national action plan to fight trafficking in human beings started in the western city of Ganja today...
OSCE Chairperson meets Tunisian authorities, discusses priority needs for OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 16 April 2011
TUNIS, 16 April 2010 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings today with the country’s leadership said that the OSCE stood ready to assist Tunisia during the transition period to build and consolidate democracy...
President of Kyrgyzstan visits OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 15 April 2011
President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva paid a visit to the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 15 April 2011. She held a lecture followed by a question-and-answer session with students and alumni, and met with the Academy management...