News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE active in case of sentenced Transdniestrian, Chairperson says
Publishing date: 10 February 2011
CHISINAU, 10 February 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship is working and will continue to work actively in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova through diplomatic channels on the case of Ilya Kazak, sentenced yesterday in Transdniestria on treason charges– and the related case of Ernest Vardanyan...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 9 February 2011
VIENNA, 9 February 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE Mission publishes Kosovo communities’ profiles
Publishing date: 8 February 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 8 February 2011- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo published today a comprehensive overview of demographic, socio-economic, and cultural data in local communities...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania calls on political parties to respect Electoral Code and to nominate election commissioners
Publishing date: 8 February 2011
TIRANA, 8 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, urged Albanian political parties today to urgently deliver the required nominations for members of the Electoral Administration Zone Commissions to the Central Elections Commission (CEC) in order to properly prepare for local government elections...
OSCE Office promotes effective state regulatory system in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 February 2011
YEREVAN, 4 February 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan today presented key findings of an OSCE-supported assessment of Armenia’s business environment that aims to support work to improve Armenia's regulatory policy...
OSCE Special Representative calls for better protection of trafficking victims' rights in criminal proceedings
Publishing date: 2 February 2011
ROME, 2 February 2011 – Courts should protect trafficked persons' rights and enable them to take an active role throughout criminal proceedings, said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in a high-level roundtable meeting organized by the Italian National Judicial Council...
OSCE Chairperson discusses 2011 priorities in Moscow, says constructive engagement of Russia essential to Organization
Publishing date: 2 February 2011
MOSCOW, 2 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis met with Russian high-level politicians and officials in Moscow today to outline the priorities of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and to discuss the Organization’s activities in 2011...