News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens assessment mission for Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 3 December 2009
TASHKENT, 3 December 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Uzbekistan on 27 December...
OSCE, press freedom institutes visit Serbia to discuss media situation
Publishing date: 3 December 2009
BELGRADE, 3 December 2009- A visit to Serbia by delegates from the office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the South East Europe Media Organization, and the International Press Institute ended in Belgrade today...
Declaration adopted at OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens charts way ahead for dialogue on European security
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
ATHENS, 2 December 2009- Foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States charted the way ahead for the OSCE-anchored debate on the future of European security known as the Corfu Process in a decision and a Ministerial Declaration adopted today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps strengthen police, social services co-operation to prevent and combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
BISHKEK, 2 December, 2009- A roundtable discussion for police, representatives of the state administration and social, educational and health institutions along with representatives of crisis centres for victims of domestic violence was held today...
Athens Ministerial Council begins with call for unity on European security dialogue
Publishing date: 2 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens today...
OSCE Minsk Group issues statement
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
ATHENS, 1 December 2009- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of France Bernard Kouchner, and Deputy Secretary of State of the United States James Steinberg...
OSCE Kosovo Mission urges greater adherence to right to liberty
Publishing date: 1 December 2009
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 1 December 2009- Public prosecutors and judges should resort to detention on remand only when strictly necessary and in full conformity with the requirements of the law, says an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report on use of detention...