News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full implementation of Independent Oversight Board decisions
Publishing date: 14 October 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 October 2011 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward Joseph, today called on Kosovo institutions to fully implement decisions of the Independent Oversight Board for Civil Service...
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates training equipment to Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 13 October 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje donated training equipment worth some 60,000 euros to the Interior Ministry in Skopje on 13 October 2011...
ODIHR trains election observers from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Publishing date: 13 October 2011
Fourteen representatives from civil society and domestic non-partisan election observation organizations from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia are participating in a four-day training event on good practices in election observation organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
ODIHR supports stronger national human rights institutions in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
The importance of establishing strong and independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Central Asia was the focus of a workshop organized by ODIHR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 12 October...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator donates equipment to help Ukraine eliminate remnants of war
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
KYIV, 12 October, 2011 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) handed over 13 modern metal detectors to the Emergency Situations Ministry at a ceremony in Kyiv today...
OSCE supports national forum on police reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
BISHKEK, 12 October 2011 – An OSCE-supported National Forum on Police Reform in Kyrgyzstan took place today in Bishkek. Senior government officials, members of parliament, political party leaders, as well as police experts and representatives of the civil society and international organizations attended...
OSCE/ODIHR ready to support Mediterranean partners on path to democracy
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE can provide concrete support to its Mediterranean partners in the transition to democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) told a conference in Budva, Montenegro on 11 October...