News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Tajik Interior Ministry sign memorandum of understanding on police reform
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
DUSHANBE, 8 April 2011 – Ambassador Ivar Vikki, the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, and Interior Minister Abdurahim Kaharov signed a memorandum of understanding on police reform in Dushanbe today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports better communication between government and journalists
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
BISHKEK, 8 April 2011 – Around 50 representatives of the Kyrgyz government’s press service and the media met today in Bishkek to discuss how to improve their communication...
OSCE Mission to Serbia head marks International Roma Day
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
BELGRADE, 8 April 2010 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, in recognition of the International Day of Roma, today expressed his hope that the Roma community will be fully included in Serbian society...
On International Roma Day, OSCE rights office says better census data needed to aid Roma integration
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
WARSAW, 8 April 2011 – On the occasion of International Roma Day, the head of the Contact Point on Roma and Sinti Issues of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Andrzej Mirga, today called on OSCE States to make use of censuses as a way to improve data on Europe’s Roma...
OSCE Mission to Skopje calls for improving situation of Roma
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
SKOPJE, 8 April 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje today marked International Roma Day by urging institutions to improve the situation of Roma in the country by implementing the recommendations contained in the OSCE Action Plan for Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area...
Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania urges Roma to exercise their right to vote on 8 May
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
TIRANA, 7 April 2011- Speaking on the occasion of International Roma Day, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today called on all members of the Roma community to exercise their democratic right to vote in the local government elections, scheduled for 8 May...