News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports training of domestic election observers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
BISHKEK, 8 September 2011 – A two-day course for long-term domestic election observers started today in Bishkek. The courses are organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and the non-governmental organization Taza Shailoo (Fair Elections)...
ODIHR publishes final report on parliamentary elections in Cyprus
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
The May 22 parliamentary elections in Cyprus were competitive, transparent and conducted in an environment characterized by respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, the final report released by ODIHR on 7 September concludes...
OSCE promotes conservation payment for ecosystem services in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
ASTANA, 8 September 2011 – Charging for ecosytem services to invest in more coherent and effective nature conservation is the focus of a two-day OSCE-organized workshop that started in Astana today...
Statement by the Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia on developments in South Serbia
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
BELGRADE, 8 September 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, made the following statement today...
States parties to Dayton arms control agreement on the way to assuming full responsibility
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
The Parties to a key arms control agreement involved in the 1995 crisis in South Eastern Europe are ready to take over from the international community, reported Brig. Gen. Costanzo Periotto of Italy, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1B of the Dayton Peace Accords, to the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 September 2011...
OSCE Chairperson, on tenth anniversary of 9/11 attacks, expresses solidarity with American people, calls for intensified co-operation against transnational threats
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
VILNIUS, 8 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, today expressed solidarity with the people of the United States and called for intensified co-operation among OSCE participating States and Partner countries to counter transnational threats...
OSCE Head of Mission meets Montenegrin Police Director to discuss arson attacks against newspaper Vijesti, regional co-operation to fight crime
Publishing date: 7 September 2011
The OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Šarunas Adomavičius, met the Director of Montenegro's police, Veselin Veljovic, on 6 September 2011 to discuss the continuing police investigation into the three arson attacks on vehicles owned by daily newspaper Vijesti on 14 and 23 July and on 27 August....