News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE facilitates public hearings for Tajikistan’s draft environmental code
Publishing date: 29 May 2013
KURGAN-TYUBE, Tajikistan, 29 May 2013 – A set of public hearings on the draft Environmental Code started today in Kurgan-Tyube, facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
On anniversary of Montenegrin journalist's killing, OSCE media freedom representative calls for end of impunity for attackers
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
On 28 May 2013, the ninth anniversary of the murder of Montenegrin journalist Duško Jovanović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, urged the authorities to end the impunity against journalists’ attackers...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for U.S. national shield law
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
VIENNA, 28 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to the U.S. Helsinki Commission today, reiterated her call for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources in light of recent disclosures of state surveillance of journalists’ conversations...
OSCE welcomes meeting of chief negotiators in Transdniestrian settlement process
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
CHISINAU, 28 May 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, welcomed today’s meeting in Chisinau of the chief negotiations in the Transdniestrian settlement process, where they discussed, among other topics, law enforcement co-operation...
OSCE welcomes Brčko District’s legislative amendments on human trafficking, encourages entities to follow suit
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
SARAJEVO, 28 May 2013 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nina Suomalainen, and the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today commended the Brčko District authorities for passing amendments to the Brčko District Criminal Code regarding human trafficking that brings it in line with relevant international standards and the BiH Criminal Code...
OSCE Office helps integrate human rights education into Tajikistan’s schools
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
A three-day training course on human rights education for 20 teacher trainers from Dushanbe, Sughd, Khatlon, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Provinces, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in co-operation with the Teachers’ Training Institute of the Ministry of Education, concluded on 25 May 2013 in Dushanbe...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: State must take responsibility for facilitating integration
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek has stressed the need for governments to promote integration of society during the last official visit of his mandate to Skopje from 22 to 24 May 2013...