News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre renovates and equips Internal Troops' anti-terrorism bomb disposal centre
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
BISHKEK, 5 August 2009- An Anti-terrorism Bomb Disposal Centre for Interior Ministry troops, renovated and equipped by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was opened today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...
OSCE Centre supports training course for Kyrgyz human rights defenders on monitoring places of detention
Publishing date: 3 August 2009
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2009- About 20 human rights activists are learning how they best can monitor places of detention in a two-day OSCE-supported training course that started today in Jalal-Abad province...
OSCE Centre organizes seminars on alternatives to pre-trial detention in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 3 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 3 August 2009- The final in a series of five seminars on international human rights standards and best practices in the OSCE area related to alternatives to detention at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings started today in Ashgabat...
Moldova's parliamentary elections met many standards, but underscore need for democratic reform to restore trust
Publishing date: 30 July 2009
CHISINAU, 30 July 2009- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Moldova met many international standards, but the process underscored the need for continued democratic reforms to restore public trust, concluded the preliminary statement issued today...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia expresses support for the work of new anti-corruption agency
Publishing date: 30 July 2009
BELGRADE, 30 July 2009- The Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency and the OSCE Mission to Serbia discussed ways to co-operate during a meeting yesterday between the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports intensive human rights course for university students
Publishing date: 29 July 2009
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2009- Sixteen students majoring in humanities at universities across Tajikistan completed an eight-day, OSCE Office-supported intensive course on the principles of human rights and international public law today...
OSCE Office trains Tajik border troops
Publishing date: 28 July 2009
DUSHANBE, 28 July 2009- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding today with the Tajik Border Troops Department to provide a comprehensive training programme to enhance the department's patrol and surveillance capacities...