News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman supports discussions on the future of security in Europe
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
MOSCOW, 11 November 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that he supports discussions on the future of security in Europe within the OSCE framework...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports public discussion of amendments to improve investigation of police misconduct
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
SKOPJE, 11 November 2008- Legislative amendments to enhance the role of prosecutors in investigating crimes allegedly committed by law enforcement officials will be presented during a public debate which started in Skopje today...
OSCE organizes training on drug search, identification and detection in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
ASHGABAD, 11 November 2008- A six-day, OSCE-sponsored training course for Turkmenistan officials on drug search, identification and detection ended in Artyk today...
OSCE Centre helps foster dialogue on religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2008
BISHKEK, 11 November 2008- Helping authorities, religious groups and civil society foster a dialogue on religious matters is the purpose of a meeting in the Kyrgyz capital today...
OSCE co-operation with Afghanistan focus of meeting in Kabul
Publishing date: 10 November 2008
KABUL, 10 November 2008- A two-day conference aimed at strengthening co-operation between the 56-country OSCE and Afghanistan and its four other Asian partner countries- Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Mongolia- concluded in Kabul today...
Afghan police officers graduate from OSCE-organized counter-narcotics course
Publishing date: 10 November 2008
VIENNA, 10 December 2008- Twelve Afghan police officers graduated today from a drugs-fighting training course, organized by the OSCE with the International Drugs-fighting Training Centre in Domodedovo, outside Moscow...
OSCE meeting discusses role of Holocaust remembrance in preventing anti-Semitism and other forms of racism
Publishing date: 10 November 2008
VIENNA, 10 November 2008- Representatives of international organizations held a roundtable discussion on the role of Holocaust commemoration in combating anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance in Vienna today...