News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-facilitated mayoral elections in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North carried out successfully
Publishing date: 23 February 2014
MITROVICË/MITROVICA, 23 February 2014 – OSCE Mission in Kosovo has successfully facilitated repeat elections for the mayor of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality held today...
OSCE Chair-in-Office welcomes Ukraine agreement
Publishing date: 21 February 2014
BERN, 21 February 2014- Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, has welcomed the agreement reached between the parties regarding the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine...
OSCE PA Special Representative for Central Asia visits Kazakhstan: development of civil society, regional co-operation among topics discussed
Publishing date: 21 February 2014
COPENHAGEN, 21 February 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative for Central Asia Thierry Mariani (France) is in Kazakhstan this week for discussions with parliamentarians and government officials on a broad range of national and regional issues...
Switzerland should safeguard journalists’ right to protection of sources
Publishing date: 21 February 2014
VIENNA, 21 February 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on Swiss authorities to improve journalists’ rights following a court ruling ordering Nina Jecker, a Basler Zeitung reporter, to identify her source in a criminal trial...
OSCE Centre supports development of journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 February 2014
ASHGABAT, 21 February 2014 – Innovative methods of teaching contemporary journalism were in focus of a two-day OSCE-organized seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Media-related aspects of draft legislation focus of OSCE-supported parliamentary meeting in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 February 2014
ASTANA, 20 February 2014 – Media-related aspects of the draft criminal code and code on administrative offences were among the topics addressed today at an OSCE-supported expert meeting in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of parliament of Kazakhstan...
World Day of Social Justice: “Fighting human trafficking means fighting poverty, unemployment and inequality”
Publishing date: 20 February 2014
VIENNA, 20 February 2014 – Leading officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today marked the World Day of Social Justice by linking the struggle against human trafficking with eradicating poverty, promoting full employment and decent work, gender equality and access to justice...