News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE states agree Secretary General will serve second three-year term
Publishing date: 25 June 2008
VIENNA, 25 June 2008- The OSCE's Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, will serve a second three-year term, the Foreign Ministers of the Organization's 56 participating States agreed today...
OSCE Centre promotes democratic principles in police activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 June 2008
ASTANA, 24 June 2008- Interaction with civil society and promotion of democratic principles in Kazakhstan's law enforcement were the focus of an OSCE conference today in Astana...
OSCE Mission supports Judges Association of Serbia co-operation with European counterparts
Publishing date: 23 June 2008
BELGRADE, 23 June 2008- The Judges Association of Serbia, with the support of the OSCE Mission, took part in a meeting of the European Association of Magistrates for Democracy and Freedoms (MEDEL) in Bucharest over the weekend...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports Summer University in Ohrid
Publishing date: 23 June 2008
SKOPJE, 23 June 2008- Non-discrimination, social inclusion and European citizenship are the focus of a one-week course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, that began today at the Ohrid Summer University...
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches new trial monitoring report
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
CHISINAU, 19 June 2008- The OSCE Mission to Moldova launched the second report of the OSCE Trial Monitoring Programme for the Republic of Moldova today in Chisinau...
OSCE trains state press officers, journalists in northern Tajikistan to promote public access to information
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 19 June 2008- Fostering effective communication between public bodies and the media is the aim of a two-day OSCE training course that started in Khujand today...
OSCE media freedom representative protests prison sentence handed to publisher of book on Turkish history
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
VIENNA, 19 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the five-month prison sentence handed down to Turkish publisher Ragip Zarakolu for "insulting the institutions of the Turkish Republic"...