News and press releases

ODIHR moved into the Mlodziejowski Palace at Miodowa 10 in Warsaw’s Old Town on 4 April 2011...

VIENNA, 4 April 2011- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked Turkish authorities to bring the country's media legislation in line with OSCE commitments on media freedom following the release by her Office of a study that shows 57 journalists are imprisoned in Turkey...

The OSCE Mission to Serbia observed the 3 and 23 March elections for six seats on the High Judicial Council and State Prosecutors’ Council, respectively, as part of its support for these bodies, which are important pillars of judicial independence...

ASTANA, 4 April 2011 – Yesterday’s presidential vote in Kazakhstan revealed similar shortcomings as those noted in previous elections in the country, international observers said in a statement issued today. They noted that reforms necessary for holding genuine democratic elections have yet to materialize...

DRUSKININKAI, Lithuania, 4 April 2011 – The need for co-ordinated policies to ensure transport grows sustainably to benefit the environment as well as the economy is the topic of a two-day preparatory meeting that opened today in the Lithuanian town of Druskininkai...

VILNIUS, 1 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, condemned the killing of UN workers and local residents by a mob of protestors who stormed the UN compound in the town of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan today...

The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2010 Annual Report today, 1 April 2011...