News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Paris tragedy shows urgent need to combat anti-Semitism in Europe, OSCE PA President says
Publishing date: 14 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 14 January 2015 – The attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris last week that followed the rampage at the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo is a sign of the increasing virulence of anti-Semitism in Europe and points to the urgent need to combat this scourge, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today...
Progress and tolerance are prerequisites for social and economic development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 12 January 2015
Ambassador Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met on 12 January 2015 in Trnovo, near Velika Kladusa, Imam Selvedin Beganovic of Trnovi to convey his strong support and respect for the Imam’s commitment to his faith and his clear message in favour of tolerance and against extremism. Moore discussed the recent attacks and threats against Imam Beganovic...
Statement by OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva on the attack on French magazine office
Publishing date: 8 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 7 January 2015 – In response to Wednesday's attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva issued the following statement...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, offer condolences
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
BELGRADE / VIENNA, 7 January 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier expressed their outrage today at the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, condemning the massacre as an attack on the freedom of expression...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational reform for Serbian as a non-mother tongue language
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
As part of its programme on human rights and non-discrimination, the OSCE Mission to Serbia supported the first initial meeting of teachers and experts on 16 and 17 December 2014 in Belgrade on Serbian as a non-mother tongue language...
OSCE/ODIHR signs agreement in Skopje to implement training programme against hate crime
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Ministry of Interior signed an agreement on 15 December 2014 to train local law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes.
OSCE supports study visit of Azerbaijani officials to the Netherlands on Holocaust education and remembrance
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
Holocaust education and remembrance are the main topics of a five-day study visit of Azerbaijani officials to the Netherlands, organized by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, in co-operation with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which will take place from 15 to 20 December 2014...