News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence, EU finalize project on modernizing Albania’s civil registry and address system
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
TIRANA, 17 February 2011 – The concrete results of a four-year project to modernize administrative addresses and civil registration systems in Albania were presented today at an event organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Delegation of the European Union and the Interior Ministry...
U.S. Special Representatives on Anti-Semitism, Muslim communities address OSCE Permanent Council, call for combatting intolerance
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
VIENNA, 17 February 2011 – The U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Hannah Rosenthal, and the U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council today, said that more needs to be done by OSCE and other stakeholders in respecting fundamental freedoms and combatting all forms of intolerance...
Kyrgyzstan’s civil society, National Penitentiary Service lobby for improved conditions for life-term prisoners
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
A roundtable discussion on a new vision for prisons in Kyrgyzstan was organized in Bishkek on 14 February 2011 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the National Penitentiary Service and Citizens against Corruption, a human rights organization...
OSCE presents second study on migration data in Astana, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
ASTANA, 17 February 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of migration data in Kazakhstan by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Astana today...
OSCE Chairperson meets US Secretary of State, addresses Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 16 February 2011
WASHINGTON, 16 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in meetings today with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and senior members of the US administration, underlined Lithuania‘s commitment to promoting OSCE principles, searching for resolution of the protracted conflicts in the OSCE area, supporting freedom of the media, building and maintaining trust and confidence, and promoting energy security...
OSCE media freedom representative strongly condemns attack on B92 and its journalists
Publishing date: 16 February 2011
VIENNA, 16 February 2011- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the intimidation campaign against independent Serbian broadcaster B92 and its editors...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes co-operation of local and central authorities with Ombudsman
Publishing date: 16 February 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje has launched a series of four roundtable meetings on the role of the Ombudsman to promote the use of the Ombudsman institution