News and press releases

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

OSCE trains Afghan customs officials in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 21 August 2009

Content type: Press release

ASHGABAT, 21 August 2009- Eight Afghan customs officials took part in an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in the town of Atamurat near the Turkmen-Afghan border today...

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OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds roundtable discussion on protecting women and children

Publishing date: 20 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe

What we do: Gender equality

DUSHANBE, 20 August 2009- A roundtable discussion on setting up a comprehensive legal and social structure to protect women victims of violence and establishing co-operation mechanisms was held in Dushanbe today...

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OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports roundtable discussion on energy efficiency

Publishing date: 20 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe

What we do: Environmental activities

DUSHANBE, 20 August 2009- A roundtable discussion on energy conservation supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and organized on the initiative of the Tajik Government was held in Dushanbe today...

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OSCE Chairperson expresses sorrow on death of South Korea's Kim Dae-jung

Publishing date: 18 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship

ATHENS, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed sorrow today over the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who was instrumental in his country's transition to democracy...

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OSCE Chairperson condemns Ingushetia terrorist attack

Publishing date: 18 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship

What we do: Countering terrorism

ATHENS, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today to express her condolences over the terrorist bomb attack in Ingushetia...

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OSCE Mission to Skopje fosters inter-community dialogue through municipal cooperation

Publishing date: 18 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje

What we do: Democratization, National minority issues

SKOPJE, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje announced today that it had awarded grants to three consortia of multi-ethnic municipalities as part of an initiative to support the units of local self-government...