News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports meeting to promote effective laws to combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 26 February 2009
ALMATY, 26 February 2009- Parliamentarians, members of the National Commission on Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President, police officers and civil society representatives discussed how Kazakhstan can best combat domestic violence...
OSCE/ODIHR to observe parliamentary elections in Moldova
Publishing date: 26 February 2009
CHISINAU, 26 February 2009- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission deployed to monitor the 5 April parliamentary elections in Moldova...
OSCE workshop in Serbia seeks to prevent terrorist use of the Internet
Publishing date: 25 February 2009
BELGRADE, 25 February 2009- A national expert workshop on combating terrorist use of the Internet and comprehensively enhancing cyber-security started in Serbia today...
OSCE Chairperson meets U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, says strengthened Euro-Atlantic ties key to collective security
Publishing date: 25 February 2009
WASHINGTON, 25 February 2009- Active U.S. engagement in the OSCE is crucial to facing collective security challenges, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, today after talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Kazakhstan's experience in maintaining peace and stability in a multicultural society discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 25 February 2009
ALMATY, 25 February 2009- Kazakhstan's experience in inter-ethnic and inter-religious understanding, tolerance and non-discrimination, as one of the planned focus areas of the country's 2010 OSCE Chairmanship, was the topic of a conference...
OSCE Office and Azerbaijani Interior Ministry expand community policing project
Publishing date: 24 February 2009
BAKU, 24 February 2009- Police experts from the OSCE Office in Baku began giving a series of presentations on community policing today as part of a project to support the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's expansion of such policing in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Chairperson meets Helsinki Commissioners to discuss security challenges, U.S. engagement
Publishing date: 24 February 2009
WASHINGTON, 24 February 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, met members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission today to discuss the OSCE's work and the need to deepen dialogue between states on collective security...