News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights access to education, situation in Crimea in her statement to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors highlighted access to higher education by national minorities and human rights abuses in Crimea in her statement to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 20 November 2014...
High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors supports multilingual education initiatives in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 November 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Tajikistan, including the Sughd region, from 3 to 7 November 2014. This is the first visit by a High Commissioner to Tajikistan since July 2011...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses issues of citizenship, language, and education in Latvia
Publishing date: 21 October 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors discussed the situation of national minorities and the integration of society with the Latvian authorities, parliamentarians, civil society and minority representatives during her first visit to Latvia as High Commissioner on 15-17 October 2014...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities signs co-operation agreement with Kyrgyzstan authorities on multilingual education
Publishing date: 14 October 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors visited Kyrgyzstan from 7 to 10 October 2014, where she discussed issues of mutual interest with the authorities and explored how her office can support efforts to address minority concerns...
High Commissioner on National Minorities addresses OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting on Ukraine crisis
Publishing date: 6 October 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors addressed the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting in Geneva on 3 October 2014, and participated in the debate on Ukraine...
Spravedlivost receives Max van der Stoel Award 2014 for improving position of national minorities in OSCE area
Publishing date: 2 October 2014
THE HAGUE, 2 October 2014 – Spravedlivost, a Kyrgyzstan-based NGO, was today presented with the Max van der Stoel Award for its work to improve the position of national minorities in the OCSE area...
Balancing the need to protect identity and promote integration in education
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
How can States, policy-makers and educators find an appropriate balance between protecting identity and promoting integration in schools? This question was the focus of a side event organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting on 29 September 2014...