News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Preparations underway for the observation mission to the presidential election in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
COPENHAGEN, 27 September 2013 – By the registration deadline of 24 September, 25 observers had signed up for the OSCE PA mission to the 9 October presidential election in Azerbaijan, including 16 MPs from 14 countries. President Ranko Krivokapic has appointed Vice-President Doris Barnett from Germany to head the OSCE PA delegation. The Chair of the First General Committee Makis Voridis (MP, Greece) will serve as Deputy Head of Delegation.
OSCE Centre helps promote green growth in northern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
PAVLODAR, Northern Kazakhstan, 27 September 2013 – Some 100 participants took part in an OSCE-supported conference on green growth and Kazakhstan’s strategy of transition to the green economy which took place today in Pavlodar...
OSCE trains penitentiary staff on prisoners’ rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
ASHGABAT, 27 September 2013 – Prison officials from across Turkmenistan discussed international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners at an OSCE-supported seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for release of arrested photojournalist in Russia
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
VIENNA, 26 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the arrest of photojournalist Denis Sinyakov in Russia and called for his release...
Students’ “Gathering against Violence” supported by OSCE Mission to Skopje
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
As part of an OSCE-supported project to improve school safety, thousands of secondary school students gathered simultaneously on 26 September 2013 in nine cities across the country, to send a universal message against violence among youth..
Afghan and Tajik border officers learn new approaches to border security and management techniques at OSCE, UNDP course
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
DUSHANBE, 26 September 2013 – Twenty-one representatives of border agencies of Afghanistan and Tajikistan completed a joint OSCE-supported Border Management Awareness Course, today in Dushanbe...