News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative expresses serious concern about lasting pre-trial detention of journalist Kirill Vyshinsky in Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
VIENNA, 29 October 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his serious concern over the lasting pre-trial detention of bureau chief of RIA Novosti Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, which has been extended twice already since July, and hopes that the upcoming court proceeding will lead to his release on 4 November 2018, when his current detention is scheduled to end.
Deactivation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in focus of the OSCE Workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Montenegro has made substantial progress in the last decade in reducing its stockpiles of arms and ammunition, thereby cutting the risks they pose to citizens and the environment, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Maryse Daviet as she opened a two-day regional workshop in Podgorica on 29 October 2018 on the deactivation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in line with the international standards...
OSCE co-organizes international conference on challenges and approaches to security co-operation in Astana
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
New challenges and approaches to regional and global security in Central Asia were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference held in Astana on 26 October 2018...
Voters in Georgia’s presidential election had a genuine choice and candidates campaigned freely, but on an unlevel playing field, international observers say
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
TBILISI, 29 October 2018 – Georgia’s 28 October presidential election was competitive and professionally administered. Candidates were able to campaign freely and voters had a genuine choice, although there were instances of the misuse of state resources, and the involvement of senior state officials from the ruling party in campaigning was not always in line with the law, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. A substantial imbalance in donations and excessively high spending limits further contributed to an unlevel playing field, the statement says...
OSCE concludes training seminar in Kazakhstan on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering cybercrime for representatives of Kazakhstan’s governmental institutions and law-enforcement agencies concluded on 26 October 2018 in Astana...
Combatting illicit trafficking in cultural property focus of OSCE-organized Turkmen-Afghan workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-organized joint Turkmen-Afghan workshop on combating illicit trafficking in cultural property concluded on 25 October 2018 in Ashgabat.
OSCE organizes intensive training course in Madrid on border management for its Mediterranean Points of Contact Network
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to migration and border security. The course was held from 22 to 26 October 2018 at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...