News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE reviews results of voter-awareness campaign run ahead of October parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Lessons learned during the implementation of voter-awareness activities supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in the run-up to the 2012 parliamentary elections in the country were discussed at a conference in Kyiv on 11 December 2012...
Governments should use new technologies to strengthen media freedom, says OSCE Representative, in Turkey
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
ISTANBUL, 11 December 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on governments and regulators to use new technologies to strengthen media freedom...
OSCE Office donates equipment for training financial control officers in Tajikistan on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan handed over on 8 December 2012 equipment and educational material for a training centre to be set up to train officers of Tajikistan’s Agency for State Financial Control and Fight against Corruption...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Justice Ministry present draft amendments to the Criminal Code
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Draft amendments to the Montenegrin Criminal Code were presented to representatives of relevant institutions at a roundtable discussion held on 10 December 2012 in Podgorica...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports research on sexual harassment
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a roundtable meeting on sexual harassment on 7 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre in Astana strengthens co-operation with Atyrau Region
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, concluded her visit to the Atyrau Region in west Kazakhstan on 6 December 2012 where she met with the region’s Akim (governor) Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, and civil society representatives...
On International Human Rights Day, OSCE rights chief stresses need to guarantee access to participation in public life
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
WARSAW, 10 December 2012 – On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on states to protect and promote the right of each and every individual to participate in public life...