News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE support to Kyrgyzstan's police reform essential, Interior Minister says
Publishing date: 24 September 2009
VIENNA, 24 September 2009- The OSCE's support to Kyrgyzstan's police reform programme is crucial for the country, Kyrgyzstan's Interior Minister, Moldomusa Kongantiev, told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Special Representative welcomes Romanian efforts to combat human trafficking, urges further improvements
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
BUCHAREST, 23 September 2009- Eva Biaudet, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, welcomed today Romania's recent efforts to combat human trafficking but said that authorities must...
OSCE holds workshop on legislative process in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
ASHGABAT, 23 September 2009- An OSCE-supported workshop aimed at providing lawmakers in Turkmenistan with tools for an effective legal reform process started in Ashgabat today...
OSCE human rights office launches report on needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
THE HAGUE, 23 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ICTY and UNICRI launched a joint report today analysing the needs of local judiciaries in dealing with war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s...
OSCE High Commissioner discusses minority participation, education during visit to Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, urged Kazakhstan today to further enhance effective minority participation in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...
European Parliament elections process showed need for further harmonization, OSCE/ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
WARSAW, 22 September 2009- The conduct of the June elections to the European Parliament underlined the need for further harmonization and improvement, found a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...