News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office supports expert discussions on investment in hydropower
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
DUSHANBE, 16 March 2011- A two-day seminar, supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, on the standardization of investment mechanisms and procedures for small hydropower stations concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE, U.S. and EU urge Albanian authorities to investigate removal of Roma families, provide social assistance to displaced
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
TIRANA, 16 March 2011 – Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Alexander Arvizu, the U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, the Head of the EU Delegation to Albania, made the following statement today concerning recent incidents involving Roma families...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
VIENNA, 16 March 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
Women’s rights, police capacity building focus of OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
TASHKENT, 16 March 2011 – Building the capacity of national police personnel to protect women’s rights is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that opened today in Tashkent...
OSCE launches post-Summit discussions
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship on 15 March 2011 launched a series of discussions among the 56 participating States as a follow-up to the 2010 OSCE Astana Summit...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports municipalities in modernizing archives
Publishing date: 15 March 2011
As part of an OSCE-supported project to modernize municipal archives, refurbished offices will be inaugurated in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and Skenderaj/Srbica and on 15 March and in Vushtrri/Vučitrn on 16 March.
OSCE Mission helps improve regional co-operation in combating drug trafficking
Publishing date: 15 March 2011
An exercise in combating international drug trafficking, designed and financed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 11 March 2011...