News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Communiqué by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on denial of entry of journalists from one OSCE participating State to another
Publishing date: 3 April 2014
Over recent years the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has reacted on a number of occasions when an OSCE participating States denied entry to journalists from other countries. Following recent instances where journalists from Russia were denied entry into Ukraine, as well as reports of de facto authorities in Crimea denying entry to a number of journalists crossing the border of the peninsula, the Representative would like to restate her position on this issue...
Afghan customs officers complete OSCE-supported training in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 April 2014
The OSCE supported an advanced law enforcement training course for 15 Afghan customs officers from 22 March to 3 April 2014, which took place at the Kyrgyz Customs Centre in Leninskoe village, near Bishkek...
Swiss OSCE Chair appoints Chief and Deputy Chief Monitors for Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
BERN, 2 April 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter today expressed satisfaction with the state of deployment of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and announced the appointment of the Chief Monitor and Deputy Chief Monitors.
Montenegro’s Defence Minister addresses OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, urges States to continue supporting demilitarization
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
The ongoing Montenegro Demilitarization (MONDEM) Programme is a positive example of co-operation between Montenegro and the OSCE, and participating States should continue their support in order to complete the final phase of the project, Milica Pejanović-Djurisić, Montenegro’s Defence Minister told the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on 2 April 2014...
Attacks against journalists and impunity for assailants must stop in Bulgaria, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
VIENNA, 2 April 2014 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today condemned an apparent second arson attack on a car owned by Bulgarian television journalist Genka Shikerova and called for the end of impunity for assailants of journalists...
OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for co-operation in 2015
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
DUSHANBE, 2 April 2014 – The annual forum of the OSCE–Tajikistan Task Force took place today in Dushanbe, where high-ranking officials from the OSCE and the Tajik government as well as representatives of civil society highlighted their recent major achievements and identified priorities for national and regional co-operation in 2015...
OSCE Centre supports training seminar on countering drug trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 April 2014