News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for Western Balkans urges BiH authorities to address citizens' concerns
Publishing date: 18 February 2014
SARAJEVO, 18 February 2014- Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Western Balkans Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann today called on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to urgently engage in a meaningful dialogue with citizens – including recently created citizens’ forums (plenums)- to address some of their pressing social and economic demands...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish President to veto Internet Law, return it for public consultations
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
VIENNA, 17 February 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on President of Turkey Abdullah Gül to veto the Internet Law and return it to Parliament and civil society for further discussions...
OSCE Yerevan Office helps train journalists on covering judicial cases, procedures
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
The judicial system and procedures, issues related to judicial independence were the focus of a training seminar organized for media representatives from 15 to 16 February 2014 in Aghveran with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE, Japan government provide equipment for environmental monitoring around Issyk-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 17 February 2014 – New environmental monitoring equipment to enhance the protection of Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake was handed over to staff from the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory by the Embassy of Japan and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
Governments must step up fight against human trafficking, protect victims, prosecute criminals
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
VIENNA, 17 February 2014 – Prominent European officials are calling on governments at an international anti-trafficking conference in Vienna today to intensify the fight against modern-day slavery by taking specific steps to protect victims and prosecute the criminals who commit this terrible crime...
OSCE Chair welcomes handover of Kyiv City State Administration Building as another positive step in defusing tensions
Publishing date: 16 February 2014
BERN, 16 February 2014- Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, today welcomed the move by opposition protesters to vacate the Kyiv City State Administration Building as another positive development towards de-escalating tensions in Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about obstruction of journalists’ work in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 February 2014