News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson examines Cheonan corvette report, offers condolences to bereaved families, supports measures for maintaining peace in Northeast Asia
Publishing date: 21 May 2010
ASTANA, 21 May 2010- Following the report on the sinking of the South Korean corvette in March, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, emphasized today the need for intensified dialogue...
OSCE Office supports Finland study visit for Tajik border and law-enforcement training academies
Publishing date: 21 May 2010
HELSINKI, 21 May 2010- Officials from Tajikistan's border and law-enforcement training academies completed an OSCE-organized study visit to Finland today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo concerned about situation of cultural heritage in Prishtine/Pristina
Publishing date: 20 May 2010
Prishtine/Pristina, 20 May 2010- Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, expressed concern today about the demolition of the Hatunije Mosque and the continued threat to the cultural heritage of Old Prishtine/Pristina Town...
OSCE promotes dialogue on energy challenges to Eurasian security
Publishing date: 20 May 2010
MINSK, 20 May 2010- Foreign and national experts and more than 80 students and faculty staff at the Belarusian State University's Faculty of International Relations discussed energy challenges to Eurasian security...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports roundtable discussion on freedom of online media
Publishing date: 20 May 2010
BISHKEK, 20 May 2010- Media freedom and the internet was the focus of a roundtable discussion held today by the Bishkek Press Club with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Co-operation crucial for security, French Minister of State for European Affairs tells OSCE
Publishing date: 20 May 2010
VIENNA, 20 May 2010- The OSCE remains an important tool for security, particularly considering the increased globalization of modern threats, the French Minister of State for European Affairs, Pierre Lellouche, told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Chairperson calls for calm in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2010
ASTANA, May 19, 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, expressed deep concern today about the tragic events in Kyrgyzstan's southern Jalal-Abad region, which again led to...