News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission issues report on condition of Kosovo detention facilities
Publishing date: 28 December 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 29 December 2010- Living conditions in Kosovo's detentions facilities are satisfactory, but some outstanding issues still need to be addressed by relevant institutions, according to a report released today by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Centre provides platform to discuss challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s new Parliament
Publishing date: 28 December 2010
BISHKEK, 28 December 2010 – A forum supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to discuss the challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s new Parliament following the formation of the country’s first coalition government was held in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre supports journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 December 2010
ASHGABAT, 24 December 2010 –Future press attachés, foreign correspondents and communications officers took part in an OSCE-organized series of lectures on contemporary global journalism that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Office promotes new accountancy standards for Azerbaijani entrepreneurs
Publishing date: 23 December 2010
GUBA, Azerbaijan, 24 December 2010- A training course on new accountancy standards for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), organized by the OSCE Office in Baku started today in the city of Guba, northern Azerbaijan...
OSCE Centre supports publication of gender analysis manual to enhance local and regional budgeting in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 December 2010
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 23 December 2010- An OSCE-organized workshop on gender mainstreaming for local and regional administration employees took place today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...
Kazakh Chairmanship welcomes 2011 OSCE budget approval
Publishing date: 22 December 2010
VIENNA, 23 December 2010- The Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship and the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Advisory Committee on Management and Finance welcomed today’s decision by the 56 OSCE participating States to approve the Unified Budget for 2011, amounting to 150,764,700 euros...
Hungarian media law further endangers media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 21 December 2010
VIENNA, 22 December 2010 – Hungary's new media law violates OSCE media freedom standards and endangers editorial independence and media pluralism, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today...