News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports roundtable discussion on youth crime prevention in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 August 2010
KOCHKOR-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 18 August 2010- A roundtable discussion on crime prevention and youth outreach was held in Kochkor-Ata town in Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad province today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission head says OSCE will follow Moldova constitutional referendum closely, urges media, political parties to behave responsibly
Publishing date: 17 August 2010
CHISINAU, 17 August 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Philip Remler today rejected as "baseless" accusations aired on a Moldovan television programme that the OSCE is turning a blind eye to the 5 September constitutional referendum...
OSCE Centre organizes study visits for Turkmenistan's election officials
Publishing date: 17 August 2010
ASHGABAT, 17 August 2010-A series of study visits organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat for two high-level members of Turkmenistan's Central Election Commission concluded today in Ljubljana...
Ukrainian young people learn about human rights at OSCE-supported summer camp
Publishing date: 13 August 2010
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine, 13 August 2010- A youth summer camp on the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a society governed by the rule of law, supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine concludes in the Chernihiv region tomorrow...
Swiss diplomat to head OSCE police advisors in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 August 2010
BISHKEK, 13 August 2010- Markus Mueller, a Swiss diplomat, has been appointed Head of the OSCE Police Advisory Group to be sent to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek announced today...
OSCE Centre supports public order training for voluntary citizen patrols in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 August 2010
BISHKEK, 13 August 2010- A series of two-day training courses supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 900 volunteers taking part in unarmed citizen patrols in Bishkek and provincial towns in Kyrgyzstan concluded today...
Joint statement by the EU Special Representative, the NATO HQ Skopje Commander, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the U.S. Ambassador
Publishing date: 12 August 2010
SKOPJE, 12 August 2010- The Delegation of the EU, NATO HQ Skopje, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the U.S. Embassy issued the following statement today to mark the ninth anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement...