News and press releases

ASHGABAT, 18 October 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara marked European Anti-Trafficking Day today by calling for efficient implementation by all participating States of their commitments to eradicate trafficking in human beings...

MOSCOW / WASHINGTON / PARIS / TBILISI, 17 October 2013- Today OSCE teams led by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, took part in a monitoring exercise on the southern part of the Line of Contact. Following the usual exchange of security guarantees by local commanders on both sides of the Line of Contact, members of both OSCE teams heard shooting as they approached their observation points. It was not possible to determine from where the shots were fired. Safety and security concerns prompted the Personal Representative to abandon the exercise...

ASHGABAT, 17 October 2013 – Development of the robust and reliable energy sector, stable transit of energy, promotion of sustainable energy solutions and energy efficiency are key topics of a high-level conference organized by the Ukraine’s OSCE Chairmanship and the Government of Turkmenistan that started in Ashgabat today...

TIRANA, 17 October 2013- The Albanian Government and the OSCE Presence in Albania co-organized a national conference today in Tirana that initiates a major administrative and territorial reform in the country...

COPENHAGEN, 17 October 2013-- Hosted by the Parliament of Montenegro, the 2013 Autumn Meeting concluded with an address by OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic. Parliamentarians from across the OSCE area gathered 13-15 October for the meeting in Budva, which included a Mediterranean Forum, a meeting of the OSCE PA's Standing Committee, a meeting of the Bureau, and three sessions of the Parliamentary Conference "Addressing Transnational Threats and Protecting Human Rights: The Role of the OSCE."

CHISINAU, 17 October 2013 – Relations between the media and the judiciary in the context of the judiciary reform in Moldova is the focus of a conference held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in co-operation with Broadcasting Board of Governors/International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB- USA) that took place today in Chisinau...

DUSHANBE, October 17, 2013- A five-year project supporting the Tajik Customs Service in the district of Murgab of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO) of Tajikistan was completed today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...