News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Serbian foreign minister to speak on Kosovo at OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 18 February 2008
VIENNA, 18 February 2008- The situation around Kosovo will be the focus of an address by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic to the OSCE Permanent Council tomorrow...
Schools, clinics and water supply renovation discussed at OSCE-chaired meeting in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 15 February 2008
TBILISI, 15 February 2008- Ongoing internationally-funded projects for the economic rehabilitation of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict were discussed at an OSCE-chaired meeting in Tskhinvali today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports study tour to Turkey for Interior Ministry experts
Publishing date: 15 February 2008
SKOPJE, 15 February 2008- Interior Ministry officials completed today a study tour to Ankara to learn about crime scene investigation techniques from their Turkish counterparts...
OSCE media freedom representative reviews Slovakia's draft Press Act, urges Government to implement recommendations
Publishing date: 14 February 2008
VIENNA, 14 February 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, issued an analysis of Slovakia's draft Press Act today, with recommendations on bringing the draft into line with the country's media freedom commitments...
Women have a lead role in fight against human trafficking, OSCE special representative tells Women Leaders' Council
Publishing date: 14 February 2008
VIENNA, 14 February 2008- Women have a critical role to play in building the political will to address human trafficking, OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet said today at the first global Women Leaders' Council to combat human trafficking...
Tajik civil society comments on draft human rights Ombudsman law
Publishing date: 14 February 2008
DUSHANBE, 14 February 2008- Tajik civil society commented on articles of the draft Ombudsman law in Tajikistan at an OSCE Centre roundtable discussion today...
U.S. backing critical to tackle new threats to security, OSCE Chairman tells U.S. Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 13 February 2008
WASHINGTON, 13 February 2008- U.S. support to the OSCE to face challenges in Kosovo and with election observation and the region's protracted conflicts is vital, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said today...