Newsroom
News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds seminar for government officials, journalists in Kazakhstan to facilitate access to information
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 28 April 2009- A two-day OSCE training seminar aimed at fostering effective ties between government bodies and journalists and increasing access to official information started in Karaganda...
OSCE, SECI Centre present police manual on controlled delivery
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
VIENNA, 28 April 2009- The OSCE's Strategic Police Matters Unit and the SECI Centre presented a manual today that is aimed at helping to improve cross-border co-operation to combat trafficking of drugs and other illicit goods...
Mediators and Observers meet on Transnistria conflict
Publishing date: 28 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 April 2009- Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, released the following statement today on behalf of the Mediators and Observers in the Transnistria settlement process (the "3+2"):..
OSCE Special Representative calls on States to combat exploitation in the agricultural sector
Publishing date: 27 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 27 April 2009- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, called today for countries to do more at the national level to prevent the slavery-like conditions often endured by agricultural workers...
OSCE meeting focuses on better understanding of extremism to combat terrorism in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 28 April 2009- High-level security officials, international experts and civil society representatives began a two-day OSCE meeting today to discuss how Tajikistan's law enforcement personnel can counter terrorism in line with human rights...
OSCE helps regional experts discuss ways to improve human rights education at Vilnius meeting
Publishing date: 27 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VILNIUS, 27 April 2009- Government and civil society experts from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine began a three-day meeting in Vilnius today to discuss improving human rights education for young people...
Environmental lecture, tree planting in Yerevan mark Earth Day in event supported by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 22 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 22 April 2009- The Head of the OSCE Office inYerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, highlighted the links between environment and security today in a lecture delivered to mark Earth Day...