News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border management, economic development focus of OSCE meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- Developing a national border strategy and border security and management projects were among some of the topics discussed at an OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting that took place in Dushanbe today...
OSCE condemns attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
BELGRADE, 25 February 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, criticized today violent attacks aimed at journalists following last week's "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade...
OSCE makes donation to Tajik NGO and orphanage
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- The OSCE donated 7,000 euros today to the Tajik NGO Nasli Navras, which works to support disabled children, and a dormitory for orphaned girls run by the State Women's Affairs Committee...
OSCE promotes public discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
ASTANA, 25 February 2008- Media legislation reform in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE Chairman expresses concern about Belgrade violence
Publishing date: 22 February 2008
HELSINKI, 22 February 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed his serious concern today about recent acts of violence against diplomatic missions and foreign property in Belgrade...
Division of responsibilities between central and local government needed, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo report
Publishing date: 21 February 2008
PRISTINA, 21 February 2008- Clear allocation of competences between the central and local government is vital to ensure co-operation and avoid bureaucratic uncertainty, says a report issued today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
Finnish Chairmanship discusses 2008 priorities with OSCE parliamentarians
Publishing date: 21 February 2008
VIENNA, 21 February 2008- The OSCE remains a central security actor across the Transatlantic and Eurasian areas, Finnish Secretary of State Teija Tiilikainen said at the start of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Winter Meeting in Vienna today...