News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Improving quality of legislation focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Serbia
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Ways of improving the quality of legislation both before and after its adoption were the subject of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Belgrade on 22 and 23 April 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches project to support access to public information
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
An OSCE-supported project aimed at to raising awareness among citizens about the work of local authorities through improved access to information started in Skopje on 23 April 2013...
OSCE PA deeply concerned about attack on opposition figure in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2013 – Violence has no place in a democracy, said OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck following reports that a leading opposition figure in Tajikistan was beaten outside his home in Dushanbe...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports fight against illicit drugs
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan, 23 April 2013 – Addressing the challenges of illicit drug distribution is the focus of two seminars supported by the OSCE that opened today in in Andijan in the eastern part of Uzbekistan, and will continue on 25 April in Ferghana city...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes renewal of co-operation on election observation between ODIHR and OSCE PA
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
KYIV, 22 April 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara met today with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Wolfgang Grossruck, who was on a two-day visit to Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against journalist in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
WARSAW, 23 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a reporter with public broadcaster RTK TV...
OSCE supports implementation of access to information law in Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 April 2013
Implementation of the new Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Human Resources Management Authority on 22 April 2013 in Podgorica...