News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Parliamentary observers applaud Tunisian elections: vote shows country on its way to guaranteeing freedom, human rights, democracy
Publishing date: 25 October 2011
TUNIS, 24 October 2011 – International election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly today declared the first democratic elections in Tunisia as “free and fair” and praised the Tunisian people for their participation in the electoral process...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
BAKU, 24 October 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled October 21-24 to Yerevan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Baku...
Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje wins Max van der Stoel Award 2011
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
THE HAGUE, 24 October 2011 – The International Jury of the Max van der Stoel Award today awarded its 2011 prize to the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje (NDC Skopje) for its outstanding work to promote integrated education and improve co-operation between ethnic communities...
Lithuania should decriminalize defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
VIENNA, 24 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern at the criminal defamation trial of Dainius Radzevičius, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, that started in Vilnius today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and EU support public discussion of electoral reform in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
A nation-wide campaign to discuss election legislation reform in Ukraine was launched on 23 October 2011 with support from a project funded by the European Union and carried out by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes customs risk management
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
ASTANA, 24 October 2011 – A three-day workshop on risk management for the customs administrations of CIS countries began in Astana today...
16th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
The 16th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Dvani on 21 October. The constructive meeting was co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...