News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Enhancing communication between Parliament and civil society in focus at OSCE-supported seminar
Publishing date: 5 June 2014
ASTANA, 5 June 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on improving communications between civil society and the legislative body of power took place today in Astana...
OSCE concludes police training seminars on domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 June 2014
The last in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Interior Ministry for police inspectors and officers on trends and challenges in preventing domestic violence took place on 5 June 2014 in Kokshetau...
In Yerevan OSCE Chairperson-in-Office encourages intensified negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and pledges continued OSCE support to reforms
Publishing date: 4 June 2014
YEREVAN, 4 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, on an official visit to Yerevan today commended Armenia for its close cooperation with the OSCE Office in the implementation of a broad range of domestic reforms. Burkhalter said, after his meeting with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, that the OSCE is committed to continue supporting the country on its path of democratic reform.
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 3 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 4 June 2014
The overall security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained tense. Donetsk city's security situation has remained calm over the last 24 hours. The potential for further armed conflict has created anxiety and fear among the city's population. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm. The SMM has not reestablished contact with the 4 monitors from the Donetsk team and 4 monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports greater judicial independence
Publishing date: 4 June 2014
On 3 June 2014, some 50 of Serbia’s top judicial professionals gathered at an OSCE-conference in Belgrade to discuss the selection process for judges and prosecutors and the reform of the Judicial Academy...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office discusses OSCE engagement and international mediation efforts in Georgia, meets participants of Ergneti IPRM
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
TBILISI/ERGNETI, 3 June 2014 – In Tbilisi, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter met with Georgia’s President GiorgiMargvelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze, as well as with representatives of the Parliament and the civil society...
45th meeting under Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
ERGNETI, 3 June 2014- The 45th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the OSCE Special Representative for the South Caucasus...