News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE co-organizes roundtable meeting on improved labour migration management
Publishing date: 20 November 2013
A roundtable discussion on improving the management of labour migration, organized by the Labour and Social Protection Ministry and the OSCE Centre in Astana, with the support of Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Organization for Migration, took place in Astana on 20 November 2013.
In Moscow, Kanerva and Oliver discuss building trust in OSCE area
Publishing date: 20 November 2013
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2013 – OSCE PA Vice-President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver paid a working visit to Moscow last week, accompanied by Senior Counselor Semyon Dzakhaev and Programme Officer Maria Chepurina.
OSCE PA President meets with U.S. Helsinki Commission on organizational reform, work in Balkans
Publishing date: 20 November 2013
COPENHAGEN, 20 November 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today met with members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission in the U.S. Congress to discuss organizational reform and the OSCE's contribution to post-conflict development in the Balkans.
OSCE Mission helps destroy confiscated weapons in Moldova
Publishing date: 20 November 2013
CHISINAU, 20 November 2013- Some 3,000 confiscated weapons were destroyed in Chisinau today, with technical and financial support provided by the OSCE to the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Moldova.
OSCE and EU support use of social media to promote civic activism and political debate in Armenia
Publishing date: 20 November 2013
The role of new media and social networks in the social and political life in Armenia was the topic of a conference which was held today in Yerevan.
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office following summit between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Publishing date: 19 November 2013
KYIV, 19 November 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara welcomed the meeting between the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, that took place today in Vienna...
Administrative court judges trained on election legislation with OSCE support as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December
Publishing date: 19 November 2013
In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.