News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, Austrian Finance Ministry train Afghan,Tajik customs officers
Publishing date: 18 July 2012
DUSHANBE, 18 July 2012 – A week-long training course on international standards and best practices for trade facilitation for 16 mid-level and senior Afghan and Tajik customs officers concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Secretary General presents donation to Moldovan charities
Publishing date: 17 July 2012
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier presented donations from proceeds of the 2012 OSCE Charity Ball to two local charities during an official visit to Moldova on 17 July 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights new and ongoing challenges at anniversary conference
Publishing date: 17 July 2012
Marking the first event in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), current High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek spoke at a conference organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues on “HCNM 20 Years On” in Flensburg, Germany, on 6 July 2012...
Conference co-organized by OSCE Presence highlights need for parliamentary ethics in Albania
Publishing date: 16 July 2012
TIRANA, 16 July 2012- Standards and regulations to ensure parliamentary ethics, as well as their implications for the wider legislative, anti-corruption and integrity framework, are the focus of a two-day conference that started today in Tirana...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by repeated violence, intimidation against journalists in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 July 2012
VIENNA, 16 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over repeated occurrences of violence against journalists in Georgia in recent weeks and called on authorities to investigate the cases thoroughly...
2nd extraordinary IPRM meeting takes place in Zardiantkari
Publishing date: 14 July 2012
ZARDIANTKARI, Georgia, 14 July 2012- On 14 July 2012, a second extraordinary meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in Zardiantkari...
OSCE/ODIHR launches handbooks for election observers on media monitoring and voter registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new handbooks for election observers – on media monitoring and voter registration – in Vienna on 13 July 2012...