News and press releases

ASTANA, 4 April 2014- The acting OSCE Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ruth Freedom Pojman, noted positive legislative and policy developments in preventing and combating this form of modern-day slavery at the conclusion of an official country visit from 1 to 4 April 2014...

TIRANA, 4 April 2014 – Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues June Zeitlin and ODIHR Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues Mirjam Karoly paid a three-day country visit to Albania from 2 to 4 April...

DUSHANBE, 4 April 2014 – Twenty officers from the Main Directorate of Tajik Border Troops completed today a regular five-week training course on patrolling and leadership, which was held as part of the OSCE Office’s patrol programming and leadership project...

SARAJEVO, 3 April 2014 – There is a notable commitment among the judiciary in BiH to deliver justice to survivors of sexual violence in conflict, according to a report launched today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina....

Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, spoke on the OSCE’s role in regional security at a conference in Astana on 3 April 2014, dedicated to the function of international organizations in Central Asian security...

Over recent years the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has reacted on a number of occasions when an OSCE participating States denied entry to journalists from other countries. Following recent instances where journalists from Russia were denied entry into Ukraine, as well as reports of de facto authorities in Crimea denying entry to a number of journalists crossing the border of the peninsula, the Representative would like to restate her position on this issue...

The OSCE supported an advanced law enforcement training course for 15 Afghan customs officers from 22 March to 3 April 2014, which took place at the Kyrgyz Customs Centre in Leninskoe village, near Bishkek...