News and press releases

VIENNA, 2 September 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that draft amendments to an anti-extremism law in Moldova could pose a threat to freedom of expression on the Internet...

ASTANA, 2 September 2014 – The second in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars on practical aspects of implementing the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for preventing torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan took place today in Astana...

Intensity of shelling appeared to decrease in Donetsk city, whilst mortar fire was observed coming from within the airport area. The SMM was informed by Ukrainian officials that the airport in Luhansk was no longer under control of the Ukrainian forces...

COPENHAGEN, 2 September 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and Secretary General Spencer Oliver will visit Moscow from 4 to 5 September for meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko and State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin...

ASHGABAT, 2 September 2014 – The national system for combatting money laundering and preventing financing of terrorism was discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion, held at the Good Governance Resource Centre in Ashgabat today...

During her visit to Belgrade OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on 28 and 29 August 2014, Astrid Thors took part in the presentation of a study co-financed by HCNM on teaching and learning the Serbian language as a non-mother tongue in South Serbia...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated six computers to Montenegrin Interior Ministry, as part of a regional project on combating organized crime...