News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence, ODIHR urge wider consultation ahead of Albanian parliamentary vote on lustration law
Publishing date: 22 December 2008
TIRANA, 22 December 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, and the Director of OSCE/ODIHR, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today urged the Albanian Parliament to consider postponing its vote on a draft lustration law...
OSCE Office helps Tajik media decision makers to develop ethical code and self-regulation
Publishing date: 19 December 2008
BERLIN, 19 December 2008- A seminar organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, in co-operation with the Deutsche Welle Akademie, for Tajik media decision makers to learn from German media self-regulation experts concluded in Berlin today...
OSCE Chairman satisfied with Geneva process, appeals for continuation of OSCE Mission to Georgia
Publishing date: 19 December 2008
HELSINKI, 19 December 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today he was satisfied with the discussions on Georgia held in Geneva on 17-18 December...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps police learn investigative interviewing techniques to fight organized crime
Publishing date: 19 December 2008
SKOPJE, 19 December 2008- Thirty-five police officers from the Interior Ministry's Organized Crime Department completed an OSCE-supported training course today that sharpened their investigative interviewing techniques...
Report supported by OSCE Mission to Skopje highlights need to improve election process
Publishing date: 19 December 2008
SKOPJE, 19 December 2008- A report supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje that puts forward recommendations to improve elections in the country was presented today...
OSCE, UN and EU say Georgia discussions in Geneva focus on concrete points to help region's people
Publishing date: 18 December 2008
GENEVA, 18 December 2008- The OSCE, UN and EU co-chaired discussions on Georgia in Geneva today at which participants made progress toward agreeing working-level mechanisms to tackle security-related incidents in the region...
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducts course on investigating human trafficking crimes
Publishing date: 17 December 2008
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2008- The rights of trafficked persons and effective investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases were the focus of a five-day training OSCE course which ended in Dushanbe today...