News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Best practices on Public Service Broadcasting showcased at OSCE-led Central Asian media conference
Publishing date: 22 May 2014
BISHKEK, 22 May 2014 – More than 70 participants gathered today in Bishkek to share their experiences on various models of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) at an OSCE conference. The participants at the two-day conference will discuss experiences of six OSCE participating States that have transformed state controlled broadcaster into the public service broadcasters...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Serbia’s parliamentary elections notes respect for fundamental freedoms, recommends steps to further improve election process
Publishing date: 22 May 2014
The early parliamentary elections in Serbia, held on 16 March 2014, were characterized by respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, but more needs to be done to further improve the election process, says the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
OSCE Centre supports regional conference on customs risk management in Astana
Publishing date: 22 May 2014
ASTANA, 22 May 2014 – An OSCE-supported regional conference on risk management in the context of customs enforcement, including international co-operation and information exchange in order to enhance communications strategies, started today in framework of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum...
Swiss OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Tajikistan support regional dialogue on human rights
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
DUSHANBE, 21 May 2014-- Strengthening the role of civil society organizations in the areas of prevention of torture, protection of human rights defenders and freedom of association in Central Asia and Mongolia was the focus of a two-day regional workshop that concluded in Dushanbe today...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received until 20 May, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...
Finnish Institute of International Affairs joins the OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
COPENHAGEN, 21 May 2014 – The Finnish Institute of International Affairs has joined the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 Project, an initiative that will bring together security and human rights experts, politicians and academia to evaluate the OSCE's past and chart concrete lines of action for the future.
OSCE trains administrative and local court judges on election legislation ahead of Ukraine’s early presidential and local vote
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), completed on 21 May 2014 a series of trainings on uniform interpretation of election legislation for administrative and local court judges, held jointly with the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and USAID “FAIR Justice” Project...