News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported seminar focuses on challenges faced by female migrant workers
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
VIENNA, 17 May 2011- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrant workers in the OSCE region and the need for more appropriate policy responses are the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Vienna today...
OSCE Chairperson says human rights are basis for democratic society
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
VILNIUS, 12 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Audronius Ažubalis, celebrating today's 35th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group, underlined its invaluable contribution to the development of civil society that inspired democratic changes in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports campaign to prevent human trafficking ahead of 2012 European Football Championship
Publishing date: 12 May 2011
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Ukraine supports an initiative by the country’s authorities to raise public awareness about major social issues ahead of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, which will be jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland...
Kosovo institutions fall short in supporting integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, says OSCE report
Publishing date: 9 May 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 9 May 2011 – While there has been progress in some areas, Kosovo institutions still are not creating adequate conditions for integration of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, is a conclusion of report presented today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in Cyprus
Publishing date: 9 May 2011
NICOSIA, 9 May 2011- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Cyprus on 22 May...
OSCE Office brings together journalists from northern and southern Tajikistan to discuss media issues
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
The Khujand field office of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 4 May 2011 hosted a discussion between representatives of government and journalists from the country's two major media cities, Dushanbe and Khujand...
OSCE Centre supports rehabilitation for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Fifty representatives of rehabilitation centres, prisons’ administrations, international organizations and civil society took part in an OSCE-supported event to celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Atlantis" rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates on 21 April, 2011 at the Training Centre of the State Service of Execution of Punishment in Bishkek...