News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Baku holds sessions on non-interference in election processes
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
BAKU, 23 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held today in Baku the first in a series of sessions on the importance of non-interference in election processes in the run-up to the Presidential elections on 9 October 2013...
OSCE trains Tajik and Afghan border officers in detecting forged travel documents and combating illegal border crossings
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
DUSHANBE, 23 August 2013 – In an effort to strengthen the operational and analytical capacities of border management officials, twenty-two Tajik and Afghan border police officers completed today a one-week training course on detecting forged travel documents and combating illegal border crossings, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE facilitates summer camp for young journalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 21 August 2013
TASHKENT, 21 August 2013 – An OSCE-facilitated media summer camp for young journalists finished today in Kibray district of Tashkent province...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns beating of journalist in Kazakhstan, urges police to investigate
Publishing date: 21 August 2013
VIENNA, 21 August 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned an attack on Igor Larra, a correspondent for the newspaper Svoboda slova, and called on law enforcement authorities to swiftly investigate the case...
New OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors starts mandate
Publishing date: 20 August 2013
THE HAGUE, 20 AUGUST 2013 – The newly appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Astrid Thors, started her three-year mandate at the office of the HCNM in The Hague today. Thors has been a Member of the Parliament of Finland since 2004. She also served as Minister of Migration and European Affairs of Finland and was a Member of the European Parliament...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on regulatory framework for non-governmental sector
Publishing date: 20 August 2013
ASTANA, 20 August 2013- A draft law on state support for non-governmental organizations was the focus of today’s roundtable discussion organized by the Culture and Information Ministry with the support of the OSCE Centre in Astana...
Non-proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons discussed at OSCE meeting in Tashkent
Publishing date: 19 August 2013
An OSCE-facilitated expert meeting on the technical aspects of the implementation in Uzbekistan of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with a special focus on preventing the involvement of non-state actors, was held in Tashkent on 19 August 2013...