News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
More, not less media freedom needed to combat terrorism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
VIENNA, 9 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commemorated the victims of terrorism worldwide on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States and reaffirmed the importance of free media in fighting terrorism...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro welcomes adoption of key legislation on elections of Councillors and Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
PODGORICA, 9 September 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Šarunas Adomavičius, today transmitted his good wishes to the country's President, Speaker of Parliament, Prime Minister and Members of Parliament on the adoption of the Law on the Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament...
OSCE supports anti-corruption slogan contest in Yerevan
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
YEREVAN, 9 September 2011 – The winners of a contest to involve young people in anti-corruption efforts received prizes in Yerevan today...
OSCE roundtable meeting focuses on electoral reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
ASTANA, 9 September 2011 – Electoral reform and OSCE commitments for democratic elections were the topics of a roundtable meeting organized today in Astana by the OSCE Centre in Astana, together with Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry and the Central Election Commission...
Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
VIENNA, 8 September 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, released the following statement today...
OSCE holds meeting in Kyiv on misuse of new payment methods for money laundering
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
KYIV, 8 September 2011 – Fighting the laundering of criminal profits through new payment methods was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE in Kyiv today...
OSCE organizes workshop on public-private partnerships to enhance tourism security
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
VIENNA, 8 September 2011 – Participants of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE that started in Vienna today will discuss tourism security within the framework of public-private partnerships...