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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly launches Helsinki +40 Project: Seminars at top think-tanks and final colloquium to mark 40th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act; consider past, present and future of OSCE
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
COPENHAGEN, 30 January 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today officially launched its Helsinki +40 Project, an initiative that will bring together security and human rights experts, politicians, academia, civil society and the public to evaluate the OSCE’s past and chart concrete lines of action for the future...
Amendments to Turkey's Internet Law must respect media freedom and right to freedom of expression, urges OSCE representative
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
VIENNA, 31 January 2014- Amendments to Turkey’s Internet Law can further restrict free expression in the country, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today...
Tajik border troops complete OSCE-supported winter patrol course
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
DUSHANBE, 31 January 2014 – Tajik border guard officers from the Main Directorate of Tajik Border Troops completed a two-week OSCE patrol winter course in Gissar today. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE supports professional training for Kyrgyz prison officers
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
An OSCE-supported professional training course for Kyrgyz prison controllers concluded on 31 January 2014 in Bishkek...
Shortcomings in 15 December repeat elections in Ukraine underline the need for comprehensive legal reform, says OSCE/ODIHR report
Publishing date: 30 January 2014
Problems in the formation of election commissions, the misuse of state resources to benefit some candidates, indications of vote-buying and a lack of transparency in the counting process were among the shortcomings observed during the 15 December 2013 repeat parliamentary elections in Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of two photojournalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 January 2014
VIENNA, 30 January 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of photojournalists Umida Akhmedova and Timur Karpov in Uzbekistan after they were detained by police in Tashkent...
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian settlement process visits region ahead of official 5+2 talks
Publishing date: 30 January 2014
CHISINAU, 30 January 2014 – The Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, today concluded a four-day visit to the region, which included meetings with the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol...