News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Acquittal of Kostas Vaxevanis welcomed by OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 November 2013
VIENNA, 27 November 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the acquittal of investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis in Greece.
Internet freedom and freedom of expression focus of OSCE-organized discussion in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 November 2013
ASHGABAT, 27 November 2013 – International standards and national practices in the area of online media freedom and access to information were discussed at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting that ended today.
Tajik border officers complete OSCE-organized management skills training
Publishing date: 27 November 2013
Twenty-five officers from Tajik border agencies completed an OSCE essential management skills training on 27 November 2013 in Dushanbe. The event is part of a series of training courses aimed at enhancing the effective management capacity of Tajik border troops and Customs Training Institute...
OSCE trains border officers, environmental inspectors to detect radioactive materials and environmentally sensitive commodities
Publishing date: 27 November 2013
ORSHANETS, Ukraine, 27 November 2013 – Border officers, environmental inspectors and other officials took part in an OSCE-supported training exercise today in central Ukraine on detecting radioactive materials and environmentally sensitive commodities at border check-points...
Transdniestrian settlement talks in Kyiv conclude with decisions on freedom of movement, pensions and social assistance, waste facilities reconstruction
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
KYIV, 26 November 2013- The fifth and final 2013 round of official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement in the 5+2 format under the Ukrainian Chairmanship concluded in Kyiv today with protocol decisions on freedom of movement, pensions and social assistance for people who changed their place of residence, and on reconstruction of waste processing facilities...
ODIHR trains lawyers and civil society representatives from South Caucasus on trial-monitoring techniques
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House...
OSCE supports discussion in Kazakhstan on countering and preventing terrorism
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
ASTANA, 26 November 2013 – The role of legal institutions, civil society and religious leaders in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism was the topic of an OSCE-supported international conference which took place today in Astana...