News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Centre in Astana hopes for further democratic reforms at conference on Chairmanship
Publishing date: 26 January 2011
ALMATY, 10 December 2010- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, Ambassador Alexandre Keltchewsky, said today he hopes that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship will boost Central Asian countries' commitment to further democratic reforms...
OSCE Chairperson calls for end to violence in Albania
Publishing date: 21 January 2011
VILNIUS, 21 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, called today on all in Albania to refrain from using violence, following clashes that have caused several deaths and numerous injuries...
OSCE human rights chief voices concern about possible referendum on extension of Kazakh president’s term of office
Publishing date: 13 January 2011
WARSAW, 14 January 2011 – The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today expressed concern about reports indicating that Kazakhstan’s parliament decided to open the way for holding a referendum on the extension of the term of office of President Nursultan Nazarbayev...
OSCE Chairmanship starts consultations on continuing OSCE’s work in Belarus
Publishing date: 2 January 2011
VILNIUS, 3 January 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship had started consultations that aim to find a solution that would enable the OSCE to continue its work in Belarus...
OSCE Centre provides platform to discuss challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s new Parliament
Publishing date: 28 December 2010
BISHKEK, 28 December 2010 – A forum supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to discuss the challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s new Parliament following the formation of the country’s first coalition government was held in Bishkek today...
Hungarian media law further endangers media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 21 December 2010
VIENNA, 22 December 2010 – Hungary's new media law violates OSCE media freedom standards and endangers editorial independence and media pluralism, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today...
Statement by the Special Envoys of UN, OSCE and EU on Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
ASHGABAT, ASTANA, BRUSSELS, 19 December 2010- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Miroslav Jenca, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Zhanybek Karibzhanov and the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel welcome the establishment of the new Parliament, election of the speaker and the appointment of a new government of Kyrgyzstan in line with the constitution...