News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE trains Armenian prosecutors on international legal co-operation
Publishing date: 8 February 2008
YEREVAN, 8 February 2008- The second of a series of two-day OSCE-organized seminars on international legal co-operation for Armenian prosecutors ended in Yerevan today...
OSCE/ODIHR regrets that restrictions force cancellation of election observation mission to Russian Federation
Publishing date: 7 February 2008
WARSAW, 7 February 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) regrets that restrictions imposed on its planned election observation mission will not allow it to deploy a mission to the 2 March 2008 presidential...
Chairman expresses disappointment over non-observation of Russian presidential election by OSCE
Publishing date: 7 February 2008
HELSINKI, 7 February 2008- OSCE Chairman Ilkka Kanerva expressed his disappointment today that discussions concerning the deployment of an ODIHR election observation mission between the ODIHR and the Russian Federation did not lead to a positive result.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will not observe Russian election
Publishing date: 6 February 2008
COPENHAGEN, 7 February, 2008- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Goran Lennmarker has notified the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Boris Gryzlov, that the Parliamentary Assembly is unable to accept the invitation...
OSCE's continued engagement in Kosovo is needed, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 6 February 2008
PRISTINA, 6 February 2008- The OSCE's work should continue for the benefit of all communities in Kosovo, irrespective of status developments, said the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, in Pristina today...
Chairman-in-Office meets Serbian President to discuss continued OSCE support, field operations
Publishing date: 5 February 2008
BELGRADE, 5 February 2008- OSCE Chairman Ilkka Kanerva met with Serbian President Boris Tadic today. He congratulated the President on Sunday's democratic elections and underscored the OSCE's readiness to continue to support Serbia's reform processes...