News and press releases

ERGNETI, 26 July 2012- On 26 July, the 25th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti...

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, paid her first visit to the northern district of Camenca, one of the poorest regions on the left bank of the Dniestr/Nistru, on 23 July 2012. The region was severely affected by recent storms with high winds and also by a lack of rain in recent months...

DUBLIN, 25 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, expressed his concern today over the violent clashes in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan that have left at least 42 dead and injured dozens others...

YEREVAN, 25 July 2012- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, announced today a series of activities to increase opportunities for women’s participation in political life ahead local self-government and presidential elections in 2012 and 2013 in Armenia...

BISHKEK, 25 July 2012- A two-day OSCE training seminar for members of the Inter-Agency Working Group established by Kyrgyzstan to develop a national action plan on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security ended today in Bishkek...

TASHKENT, 25 July 2012 – A three-day training course on information analysis for police instructors organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan started in Tashkent today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 15 to 19 July 2012 to get an update on the situation ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October...