News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson, on visit to Osh, emphasizes importance of dialogue and reconciliation for stability and development in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 March 2011
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 2 March 2011 – Reconstruction and development in Kyrgyzstan must be inclusive and involve all communities, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, on a visit to the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports standardization of municipal regulations
Publishing date: 1 March 2011
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on improving the quality of municipal acts concluded on 1 March 2011 in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE Chairperson meets civil society and political party representatives in Almaty, urges Kazakhstan to maintain open dialogue on reforms
Publishing date: 1 March 2011
ALMATY, 1 March 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, emphasized the role of civil society and the importance of broad political representation for Kazakhstan's reform progress following meetings with representatives of non-governmental organizations and political parties in Almaty today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission to monitor early presidential election in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
ASTANA, 1 March 2011- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 3 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan...
OSCE Special Representative calls for more effective action to tackle trafficking for domestic servitude
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
VIENNA, 28 February 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro called for greater awareness of trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude and more effective action to tackle the crime, during the launch of a new publication focusing on domestic servitude today...
OSCE Chairperson discusses Astana Summit follow-up, reform progress in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
ASTANA, 28 February 2011- The OSCE Chairperson, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, emphasized the importance of taking forward the momentum gained at the Astana Summit and sustaining Kazakhstan’s reform progress following a meeting today with the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
VIENNA, 25 February 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 24 February. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...