News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman heading to Georgia with EU envoy to seek ceasefire
Publishing date: 10 August 2008
HELSINKI, 10 August 2008- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, will travel to Tbilisi today with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union...
OSCE organizes summer school for Ukrainian civil society leaders
Publishing date: 8 August 2008
STRILKI, Ukraine, 8 August 2008- Twenty-five leaders of Ukrainian regional civil society organizations attended a summer school that ended in the Lviv region today...
OSCE Chairman calls for a halt to all military action, re-establishment of contact in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 8 August 2008
HELSINKI, 8 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, today urged an end to all military action in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Mission supports campaign to curb child trafficking and begging in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 7 August 2008- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and non-governmental organization Terre des Hommes launched a public information campaign against child trafficking and begging in Kosovo today...
OSCE Chairman says seriously concerned by Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone fighting
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
HELSINKI, 7 August 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb expressed serious concern today about the deteriorating situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and said...
OSCE Mission helps Georgian government improve border management
Publishing date: 7 August 2008
TBILISI, 7 August 2008- Strengthening border management was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop for Georgian and Azerbaijani border management and security agencies that ended today in the Georgian district of Lagodekhi...
OSCE Office promotes leadership and critical thinking skills among young people in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 August 2008
KAYRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 6 August 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan is helping young people develop leadership and critical thinking skills at a Civic Education Summer Camp that started today in Kayrakkum...