News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative calls for swift investigation into attacks on journalists in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
VIENNA, 24 May 2016 – OSCE Representative Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Ukraine to conduct a swift investigation of the attack against Anatoly Ostapenko, journalist with Hromadske TV in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine...
In Armenia, OSCE PA Special Representative calls for parliamentary support to Nagorno-Karabakh peace resolution
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
YEREVAN, 24 May, 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus, Kristian Vigenin (MP, Bulgaria), today concluded a two-day visit to Armenia and called for increased parliamentary support for efforts for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds high-level dialogue on countering trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 24 May 2016 – An OSCE-organized high-level dialogue on countering human trafficking today in Dushanbe brought together some 50 participants from state agencies, civil society organizations and the international community, as part of the Office’s support to the Inter-agency Commission on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings under Tajikistan’s Presidential Apparatus...
ODIHR Director Link and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Kanerva express concerns over vote by Turkish parliament to strip certain deputies of immunity
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
WARSAW/COPENHAGEN, 24 May 2016 – In a joint statement, Ilkka Kanerva, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, expressed concern today over a constitutional amendment passed by the Turkish parliament stripping certain members of their immunity from prosecution...
OSCE conducts regional seminar in Kazakhstan on Vienna Document 2011
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
ASTANA, 24 May 2016 – An OSCE-supported regional training seminar for some 50 military officers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on the practical implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 and confidence- and security-building measures began today in Astana...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the findings and recommendations from the final report on the 4 October 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, at an event held in the Kyrgyz capital on 24 May 2016 and co-organized with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 24 May 2016
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs...