News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Cross-border co-operation among criminal justice institutions on combating transnational crime in focus at annual OSCE police experts meeting
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
Criminal justice experts from OSCE participating States, executive structures and international organizations gathered in Vienna at the OSCE’s Annual Police Experts Meeting which started in Vienna on 17 June 2014...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls on political leaders in Skopje to unite and act to preserve stability
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
THE HAGUE, 17 June 2014- On a visit to Skopje, Kumanovo and Tetovo from 10-13 June 2014, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors expressed serious concern with regard to recurring outbreaks of inter-ethnic incidents in the country. She noted that of immediate concern is the verdict in the 2012 Smiljkovci Lake murder case, which is expected to be delivered tomorrow, 18 June, and pointed out that it could lead to intensified inter-ethnic tensions...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 16 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm, except parts of Donbas where tensions remained. There was no substantive change to the security situation in Donetsk city, which- on the surface at least- remained calm. Repairs to a key Donetsk water-supply pipeline were underway. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the four monitors from the Donetsk team and four monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...
Young leaders discuss challenges to youth political participation in OSCE region
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
A youth forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 16 and 17 June 2014 focused on promoting political participation of young leaders in the OSCE region.
OSCE media freedom representative condemns violent attack on journalists in Albania
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on journalists reporting on a police raid in Gjirokastra’s Lazarat village in southern Albania yesterday...
OSCE representative mourns death of Russian journalist; denounces new cases of media freedom violations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was deeply saddened by the death of Russian journalist Igor Kornelyuk in eastern Ukraine. Mijatović expressed her sincere condolences to Kornelyuk’s family and colleagues...
‘Sincere political push’ needed to close gender gap, says OSCE PA Vice-President in Tokyo
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
COPENHAGEN, 17 June 2014 – A “sincere political push” by governments and lawmakers is needed to help close the nagging gender gap in society, politics and business, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (MP, Sweden) in Tokyo today...