News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Minsk promotes agro-ecotourism in Belarus
Publishing date: 6 December 2010
MINSK, 7 December 2010- An agro-ecotourism centre set up with the support of the OSCE Office in Minsk was opened in Minsk today...
Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina stresses importance of co-operation between institutions and citizens for maintaining security
Publishing date: 5 December 2010
SARAJEVO, 6 December 2010- Maintaining effective state security requires co-operation between and co-ordination of all institutions and action by citizens from all sectors of society, said Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in his speech at the sixth Security Policy Course in Sarajevo today...
Partnership agreement between OSCE Office and Armenia's Education and Science Ministry
Publishing date: 5 December 2010
YEREVAN, 6 December 2010-A memorandum to expand and streamline the co-operation between the OSCE Office in Yerevan and Armenia's Education and Science Ministry was signed today...
OSCE/ODIHR holds meeting to foster dialogue on elections and political participation
Publishing date: 5 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2010- Officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will discuss the findings and conclusions included in the Office's final report on Tajikistan's 2010 parliamentary elections with representatives of the authorities in Dushanbe this week...
ODIHR delivers training courses on countering terrorism, protecting human rights
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
As part of its training module for public officials and counter-terrorism practitioners, ODIHR has completed two training courses for law-enforcement officers and police students on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, ZELS mark fifth anniversary of decentralization process
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
SKOPJE, 3 December 2010- The fifth anniversary of the start of the decentralization process in the country was marked with a conference co-organized by the OSCE and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS) in Mavrovo today...
OSCE supports methodology to assess scale of corruption in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2010
KYIV, 3 December 2010- National methodology to measure the level of corruption in public administration was presented in Kyiv today during an event jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's Justice Ministry...