News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes Parliament's adoption of new law on national minority councils
Publishing date: 2 September 2009
BELGRADE, 2 September 2009- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, welcomed today the Serbian Assembly's adoption of the new Law on National Councils of National Minorities...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports economic empowerment of Ukrainian orphans
Publishing date: 2 September 2009
IVANO FRANKIVSK, Ukraine, 2 September 2009- A series of training sessions to help social and employment service providers support orphaned young adults entering the job market, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), started today...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje hosts Tajik delegation to discuss fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 1 September 2009
SKOPJE, 1 September 2009- A delegation from Tajikistan engaged in combating trafficking in human beings arrived in Skopje today on the invitation of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje to share experiences and lessons learned...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes progress in talks between Turkey and Armenia as contribution to regional stability
Publishing date: 1 September 2009
ATHENS, 1 September 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, today welcomed Turkey and Armenia's joint statement announcing that they plan to start talks aiming to normalize bilateral relations, saying...
OSCE Centre holds seminars to promote religious tolerance, awareness in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 August 2009
BISHKEK, 27 August 2009- A seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Agency on Religious Affairs to promote religious tolerance at the community level and educate participants about Kyrgyzstan's new law on freedom of religion...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes high-level seminar on human trafficking
Publishing date: 25 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 25 August 2009- More than 45 representatives from Turkmenistan's institutions as well as from international organizations and embassies took part in an OSCE-organized high-level seminar today on combating and preventing human trafficking...
Lack of transparency in developing draft amendments to media law threatens media reform, Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia says
Publishing date: 25 August 2009
BELGRADE, 25 August 2009- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, expressed concern today about the development of draft amendments to the Public Information Law, saying that the repeated use of urgent procedure posed...