News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Safety teams started by the OSCE Mission help find local solutions to community problems in Kosovo, finds report
Publishing date: 6 March 2009
Prishtine/Pristina, 6 March 20009- Community policing initiatives initiated by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo have helped to increase public safety in Kosovo municipalities, says an OSCE report issued today...
OSCE-supported meeting in Yerevan provides for exchange of experience in tackling challenges of the global crisis
Publishing date: 6 March 2009
YEREVAN, 6 March 2009- An OSCE-supported conference focusing on Armenian and Russian perspectives on the global financial crisis took place in Yerevan today...
OSCE Office hosts civil society meeting on electoral law reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 March 2009
DUSHANBE, 6 March 2009- Ahead of the parliamentary elections that are expected to take place in February 2010, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan hosted a working meeting at which representatives of 14 non-governmental organizations discussed...
OSCE Centre in Astana presents video on gender equality at women's forum
Publishing date: 5 March 2009
ASTANA, 5 March 2009- A video on promoting equal rights and opportunities for women and men in Kazakhstan was presented with the support of the OSCE Centre in Astana at a Women's Forum today...
Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group issue statement
Publishing date: 5 March 2009
VIENNA, 5 March 2009- The Charge d'Affaires of the US Mission to the OSCE, Kyle Scott, issued the following statement in the OSCE's Permanent Council today on behalf of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group...
OSCE human rights office, Polish education ministry launch teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 5 March 2009
WARSAW, 5 March 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Poland's Education Ministry today launched teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism, designed for use in Polish secondary schools...
Expanded environmental co-operation in South Caucasus on agenda of OSCE-supported meeting in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 4 March 2009
TBILISI, 4 March 2009- Government officials, environmental experts and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as representatives from the OSCE and other international organizations began a meeting today...