News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Irish OSCE Chairmanship condemns attack in Burgas
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
DUBLIN, 19 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, condemned today the attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria...
Head of OSCE presence welcomes approval of new electoral code by Albanian parliament, calls for addressing immunities issue
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
TIRANA, 19 July 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of amendments to the Electoral Code by the Albanian Parliament...
Challenges remain in promoting community rights in Kosovo, says new report of OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 19 July 2012 – Despite an advanced legislative framework in place to protect and promote the rights of communities in Kosovo, only limited progress has been made in its implementation since 2010, says a report published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE Office holds workshops for journalists on freedom of religion and expression in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
National legislation on freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, as well as OSCE and international human rights standards in the field are the topics of a three-day workshop for Armenian journalists held from 19 to 21 July 2012. It is organized by the non-governmental organization Collaboration for Democracy Centre with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE, UNDP train Afghan, Tajik border officers on border management
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
DUSHANBE, 19 July 2012 – Twenty-four senior border officers from Afghanistan and Tajikistan successfully completed a ten-day training course on border management at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...
OSCE Secretary General, on visit to Moldova, stresses OSCE support to Transdniestrian settlement process, confidence-building efforts on both banks
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
CHISINAU, 18 July 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking at the conclusion of his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol today, underscored the OSCE’s support for the Transdniestrian settlement process and efforts to improve the lives of people on both banks of the river...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training of local self-government officials
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
Sharing best practices identified through the training of newly elected members of municipal councils is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that started in Skopje on 18 July 2012...