News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Countering terrorist use of Internet focus of OSCE seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
ASTANA, 26 March 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes began today in Astana. The workshop is co-organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the Anti-Terrorism Centre of Kazakhstan and the OSCE Centre in Astana with support from the government of Spain...
Proposed Belgian legislation could limit freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
VIENNA, 25 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a proposed law in Belgium criminalizing certain forms of expression, most notably incitement to gender discrimination...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes community policing and police-public partnerships
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
TASHKENT, 25 March 2014 – A three-day training course for police instructors and operational police officers on community policing started in Tashkent today...
Deadline for Max van der Stoel Award nominations extended
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors announced today that the deadline for making nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award will be extended to 20 April 2014. The original deadline was 1 April...
OSCE supports Ukraine’s efforts to clear seashores from legacy of past wars
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
Diving suits, hydroacousticdevices and underwater communication sets are among the equipment handed over on 21 March 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to the national State Emergency Service in Kyiv to use for clearing the country’s coastal areas from explosive remnants of war and unsafe ammunition,as well as in other underwater rescue and humanitarian operations...
Press Release by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
THE HAGUE, 24 March 2014- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) met separately with President Serzh Sargsian of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan in The Hague on March 23-24. The Personal Representative of the Chairman in Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, also attended the meetings.
OSCE presents survey on awareness, implementation of gender equality law in Montenegrin institutions
Publishing date: 24 March 2014
A survey on the awareness and implementation in Montenegrin institutions of the Law on Gender Equality was presented at a session of the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality on 21 March 2014. The research was prepared by the Committee in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the UNDP Office in Montenegro...