News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana to co-organize series of community policing seminars
Publishing date: 24 August 2009
OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan, 24 August 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana, together with the International Kazakhstan Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law, launched the first of five training seminars today...
OSCE Office organizes anti-corruption training for high school students in Armenia's Syunik region
Publishing date: 21 August 2009
GORIS, Armenia, 22 August 2009- Some 280 students from 21 high schools in Armenia's Syunik region took part in anti-corruption courses during an OSCE-supported summer camp that concluded today in Goris...
OSCE trains Afghan customs officials in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 21 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 21 August 2009- Eight Afghan customs officials took part in an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in the town of Atamurat near the Turkmen-Afghan border today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds roundtable discussion on protecting women and children
Publishing date: 20 August 2009
DUSHANBE, 20 August 2009- A roundtable discussion on setting up a comprehensive legal and social structure to protect women victims of violence and establishing co-operation mechanisms was held in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports roundtable discussion on energy efficiency
Publishing date: 20 August 2009
DUSHANBE, 20 August 2009- A roundtable discussion on energy conservation supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and organized on the initiative of the Tajik Government was held in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Chairperson expresses sorrow on death of South Korea's Kim Dae-jung
Publishing date: 18 August 2009
ATHENS, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed sorrow today over the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who was instrumental in his country's transition to democracy...
OSCE Chairperson condemns Ingushetia terrorist attack
Publishing date: 18 August 2009
ATHENS, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today to express her condolences over the terrorist bomb attack in Ingushetia...