News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje raises awareness on environmental issues among schoolchildren
Publishing date: 24 September 2007
SKOPJE, 24 September 2007- Raising environmental awareness among schoolchildren of different ethnic backgrounds is the aim of an OSCE-supported project launched today in Skopje...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Tajikistan to protect free flow of information on Internet
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
VIENNA, 21 September 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called on Tajikistan to bring its legislation in line with its OSCE commitments by revoking recent criminal code amendments...
OSCE Centre sponsors Community Policing training for Kyrgyz law enforcement
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
BISHKEK, 21 September 2007- Fifteen policemen of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry today received certificates for completing a training course on Community Policing sponsored by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports study visit to Germany by Turkmenistan Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 21 September 2007
ASHGABAD, 21 September 2007- Members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) today concluded a study visit to Germany, where they shared experiences on parliamentary work and legislative processes with their German counterparts...
Co-operation crucial to combat spread of child pornography online, highlights OSCE Vienna conference
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
VIENNA, 20 September 2007- Enhancing the ability of law enforcement bodies to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the sexual exploitation of children over the Internet is the focus of an OSCE conference that began in Vienna today...
OSCE human rights body concerned about continued rise of hate crime
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
WARSAW, 20 September 2007- Crimes motivated by hate are on the rise in many OSCE participating States, and such incidents are becoming more violent, according to a new report on hate crimes and violent manifestations of intolerance in 2006, released...
OSCE Centre supports regional water management co-operation
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
ISSYK-KUL, Kazakhstan, 20 September 2007- Intensifying water management co-operation between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan so that water resources shared by the two countries can be used effectively is the purpose of a three-day meeting that starts today...