News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tajik customs officials learn from Finnish experience in OSCE-organized study visit
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
A five-day study visit to Finland for senior customs and trade officials from Tajikistan ended in Helsinki on 31 May 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of draft media law to the authorities in Skopje, raises concern
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
BUDAPEST, 30 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern that the new draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services would restrict media freedom in the country...
Media freedom online topic of OSCE event in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
ASHGABAT, 30 May 2013- Freedom of the media and the legal regulation of the Internet was the focus of an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Organizational skills of Armenian national minorities enhanced with OSCE involvement
Publishing date: 30 May 2013
A five-day training course on organizational development for national minorities in Armenia kicked off in Yerevan on 31 May 2013. The class, which receives support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan, targets heads and representatives of youth branches of national minority NGOs...
Italian Police and ODIHR sign agreement on hate crime training for police
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Italian authorities signed an agreement on 29 May 2013 for training of Italian law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...
OSCE concludes workshops for Turkmenistan officials on effective water management practices
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan, 29 May 2013 – An OSCE-supported series of workshops on modern technologies of water resources management concluded in Dashoguz in western Turkmenistan today...
Afghan and Tajik border officials undergo OSCE-supported training in identifying chemicals used in illicit manufacture of drugs
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
DUSHANBE, 29 May 2013- A training course for border officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan on identification of chemicals used in illicit manufacture of drugs, and investigation of their sources started at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...