News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports meeting to promote public-private partnerships in Kyrgyzstan's fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
ISSYK-KUL, 13 August 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that seeks to formulate and promote the implementation of confidence-building measures to combat the causes and effects of terrorism nationwide began today at the Issyk-Kul Lake...
Skopje missions of the OSCE, EU and U.S. Embassy issue statement on anniversary of Ohrid Framework Agreement
Publishing date: 12 August 2009
SKOPJE, 13 August 2009- The Skopje missions of the OSCE, the European Union and the U.S. Embassy issued the following statement today to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement...
Imprisonment of journalist violates Kazakhstan's commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
VIENNA, 11 August 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down to Ramazan Yesergepov violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom...
OSCE Centre in Astana hosts meeting on trade barriers and transport security
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
ASTANA, 11 August 2009- Experts and officials discussed gaps and needs in trade and transport policy and perspectives for transit transport development in the region during an OSCE-supported meeting that ended in Astana today...
OSCE Centre supports courses to train trainers on dangers of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, domestic violence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 11 August 2009- An OSCE Centre-supported course to teach young people to educate their peers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and drugs as well as domestic violence started today in the Mary region...
OSCE staff member dies in fatal climbing accident
Publishing date: 10 August 2009
DUSHANBE, 10 August 2009- A staff member of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Mr. Czeslaw Bielawski, 49, died from injuries in a fatal climbing (rappelling) accident on Sunday, 9 August at 17.15 hrs...
OSCE Office co-organizes third annual Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 August 2009
DUSHANBE, 7 August 2009- A meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to support Tajik government and civil society representatives ahead of the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting ended in Dushanbe today...