News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE builds capacity of Tajik civil society in preventing and fighting corruption
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
DUSHANBE, 17 June 2014 – A two-day training course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on international NGO Transparency International’s (TI) Integrity Standards and the role of the civil society in fighting corruption concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE representative calls on Belarusian authorities to repeal accreditation requirements for journalists
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about an increasing number of penalties imposed on journalists in recent months in Belarus for not being accredited by authorities...
OSCE youth project launched in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Sixty-two young prospective leaders mainly from Georgia gathered at the Ministry for Sports and Youth Affairs in Tbilisi for the launch of the OSCE project "Building an OSCE Youth Network in Georgia" on Friday 13 June 2014...
Participants of OSCE-Japan conference in Tokyo share experiences in addressing emerging challenges, creating safer world
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
TOKYO, 17 June 2014 – Creating a safer, more interconnected and fairer world in the face of emerging challenges in the larger OSCE area is a theme of the OSCE-Japan conference that concluded in Tokyo today...
OSCE and partners co-organize public discussions on criminal justice reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Representatives from the President Office, parliament, the Supreme Court, law enforcement agencies, the government and civil society gathered in Bishkek on 17 June 2014 to discuss rule of law and judicial reforms in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE/ODIHR launches Hate Crime Reporting website
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
WARSAW, 17 June 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today launched its Hate Crime Reporting website, transforming its annual hate crime report into an interactive and user-friendly resource...
OSCE supports regional conference in Tajikistan on best practices in energy co-operation
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
DUSHANBE, 17 June 2014 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources organized today a regional conference on best practices in energy co-operation, with the support of the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the Association of Power Engineers of Tajikistan...