News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports efforts to eliminate discrimination against women
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
ALMATY, 23 September 2010- A two-day roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to discuss the implementation, monitoring and reporting on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women started...
Media freedom goes hand in hand with responsible journalism, says report by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2010- The environment in which the media operate in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to be the subject of much controversy, the OSCE Mission to BiH warns in a follow-up report...
OSCE Centre in Astana launches series of local seminars on new Customs Code
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2010- The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminars for local businesses, government and NGOs on a new Customs Code and the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia was launched today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regional co-operation among prosecutors to combat organized crime
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
SKOPJE, 23 September 2010- Judges and prosecutors from the region will share best practices in dealing with organized crime cases during an OSCE-supported conference that started today in Struga...
OSCE-supported Neighborhood Watch project expands to Kyrgyzstan's regions
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 23 September 2010- A Neighborhood Watch project that has successfully operated in Bishkek for four years was expanded to Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul province today...
EU Special Representative for Moldova addresses OSCE Permanent Council, urges restart of formal '5+2' Transdniestria negotiations ahead of Summit
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
VIENNA, 23 September 2010- Kalman Mizsei, the EU Special Representative for Moldova, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council today, calling for a restart of formal "5+2" negotiations on the Transdniestrian conflict by the OSCE Summit in December...
Progress in confidence building base for progress in Transdniestrian settlement, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
CHISINAU, 23 September 2010- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, today welcomed recent progress in building confidence between the Moldovan Government and the authorities...