News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Land transport security and environmentally sustainable transport focus of OSCE meeting in Minsk
Publishing date: 15 March 2010
MINSK, 15 March 2010- How the OSCE can help increase the security of land transportation, facilitate railway transport and promote environmentally sustainable transportation choices is the focus of a two-day OSCE meeting in Minsk that began today...
OSCE Chairperson's Special Envoy calls for increased efforts to resolve political impasse during visit to Tirana
Publishing date: 15 March 2010
TIRANA, 15 March 2010- Overcoming the political impasse is crucial for Albania to continue making progress in implementing its ambitious reform agenda, said Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo urges courts to order detention only when warranted
Publishing date: 15 March 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 March 2010- While courts in Kosovo have made limited improvements in the reasoning of rulings on detention, in a majority of the cases judges failed to properly justify decisions, concluded an OSCE report published today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on use of detention
Publishing date: 12 March 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 12 March 2010- The use of detention and the judges' justification for detention is the topic of a report to be presented at a news conference on Monday by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 11 March 2010
VIENNA, 11 March 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 9 March 2010
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...
OSCE states must do more to advance women's political participation, gender equality, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 8 March 2010
ASTANA, 8 March 2010- Sustainable peace and stability can only be achieved with the participation of women as equal partners with men, and OSCE states must do more to fulfil commitments to promote gender equality, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office...