News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson condemns attacks in Grozny
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
VILNIUS, 31 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Grozny, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya...
ODIHR hosts seminar on increasing the accuracy of voter registers
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
Harmonizing population and voter-registration systems in OSCE participating States, including efficient data-sharing mechanisms in compiling accurate voter lists, is being discussed at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...
OSCE Special Representative highlights role of international justice in combating trafficking
Publishing date: 30 August 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, spoke at the European Forum Alpbach’s Political Symposium 2011 entitled Justice – Responsibility for the Future on 29 August...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Montenegrin authorities to investigate attacks against media
Publishing date: 29 August 2011
VIENNA, 29 August 20110 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today expressed concern at a new arson attack against a vehicle owned by the Podgorica-based Vijesti newspaper...
OSCE Mission head condemns continued arson attacks against Montenegrin daily
Publishing date: 29 August 2011
PODGORICA, 29 August 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Šarunas Adomavičius, today strongly condemned the continuation of attacks on vehicles owned by the newspaper Vijesti...
New Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina meets Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 29 August 2011
SARAJEVO, 29 August 2011 – Ambassador Fletcher M. Burton took up his duties today as Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, meeting with Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj. They discussed the role of the OSCE in BiH and Ambassador Burton reaffirmed the Mission’s engagement in key areas for the country’s future...
Statement by the OSCE Office in Baku
Publishing date: 29 August 2011
BAKU, 28 August 2011- The OSCE Office in Baku is concerned about the convictions of political activists Babek Hasanov, Zulfugar Eyvazov, Elshan Hasanov, Arif Alishli, Elnur Israfilov and Sahib Karimov in connection with their participation in the 2 April demonstration...