News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border security, economic development and human rights focus of OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
DUSHANBE, 20 February 2009- Enhanced border security, economic development and human rights were among the topics discussed at the OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting today, which coincided with the 15th anniversary of the OSCE presence in Tajikistan...
OSCE Mission supports parliamentary simulation for high-school students
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
BELGRADE, 20 February 2009- Some fifty students from high schools in Vojvodina province will learn about parliamentary procedures and improve their communication skills at a simulation of a Provincial Assembly session in Novi Sad tomorrow...
Serbia's citizens expect police to continue reforms, survey commissioned by OSCE Mission and Interior Ministry shows
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
BELGRADE, 20 February 2009- Serbia's citizens perceive that the work of the police has developed positively and they expect reforms to continue, according to a new survey presented today by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Interior Ministry...
Inability of authorities to protect Russian journalists must be tackled at highest level, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 19 February 2009
VIENNA, 19 February 2009- OSCE Media Freedom Representative Miklos Haraszti, commenting on the acquittal of those accused in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, expressed dismay today at the failure to counter violence against journalists in Russia...
Statement of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 19 February 2009
PARIS/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, 19 February 2009- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, and Matthew Bryza of the United States, released the following statement today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists reform of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service
Publishing date: 19 February 2009
KYIV, 19 February 2009- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) today handed over computers, software and furniture to equip 23 recently upgraded risk and criminal analysis units of the Ukraine's State Border Guard Service...
OSCE Chairperson offers guiding principles for discussions on European security architecture
Publishing date: 19 February 2009
VIENNA, 19 February 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said modesty, consolidation and time were needed for the discussions on how to develop the European security architecture in a speech delivered at...