News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 22 January 2010
ASTANA, 22 January 2010- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "On January 20, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs...
Head of OSCE election body concerned about U.S. Supreme Court ruling on election spending
Publishing date: 22 January 2010
WARSAW, 22 January 2010- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, expressed concern today about the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court effectively lifting limits for election spending...
OSCE Mission supports workshop for Serbian police officers on police training systems in Slovenia and Hungary
Publishing date: 22 January 2010
BELGRADE, 22 January 2010- Twenty senior officials from the Serbian Interior Ministry participated in an OSCE-supported workshop on police training systems in Hungary and Slovenia that ended in Belgrade today...
Greek Alternate Defence Minister addresses OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 20 January 2010
VIENNA, 20 January 2010- The OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation will play an important role in furthering the dialogue on European security started under the Corfu Process, said Greek Alternate Minister of National Defence, Panos Beglitis, today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes reforms of public television financing in Spain, Georgia
Publishing date: 19 January 2010
VIENNA, 19 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today recently implemented broadcast financing reforms in Spain and Georgia...
OSCE's Corfu Process key for future of European security, says EU president Spain's foreign minister
Publishing date: 19 January 2010
VIENNA, 19 January 2010- The OSCE-anchored dialogue on the future of European security known as the Corfu Process brings an opportunity that must be seized, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
Turkey's Internet law needs to be reformed or abolished, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 18 January 2010
VIENNA, 18 January 2010- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked the Turkish authorities to bring Turkey's internet law in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards on freedom of expression...