News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan highlights importance of complementing political decentralization with fiscal restructuring
Publishing date: 28 January 2011
BISHKEK, 28 January 2011 – The need to complement political decentralization with fiscal decentralization was highlighted at an OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan today...
Improving human rights in Kyrgyzstan’s prison system
Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Training on human rights and related issues for prison officers in Kyrgyzstan concluded successfully on 26 January 2011 in Bishkek. The series of lectures for prison personnel from the National Penitentiary Service (GSIN) focussed on developing the officers’ understanding of the importance of enforcing basic human rights standards in the penitentiary system...
OSCE Chairperson calls for end to violence in Albania
Publishing date: 21 January 2011
VILNIUS, 21 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, called today on all in Albania to refrain from using violence, following clashes that have caused several deaths and numerous injuries...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes adoption of access-to-information law in Ukraine, urges further reform
Publishing date: 16 January 2011
VIENNA, 17 January 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the recent adoption of a comprehensive access-to-information law by the Ukrainian parliament, calling it “a considerable step towards government transparency”...
New OSCE Chairperson emphasizes human rights during meetings with heads of OSCE institutions, field operations
Publishing date: 14 January 2011
VIENNA, 14 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed Lithuanian Chairmanship’s commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms in meetings with heads of OSCE institutions and field missions during a visit to Vienna which concluded today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports reintegration of repatriated persons
Publishing date: 11 January 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 12 January 2011 – A new booklet presented by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today informs about mechanisms at the central and local level to support for repatriated persons in Kosovo...
OSCE Mission issues report on condition of Kosovo detention facilities
Publishing date: 28 December 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 29 December 2010- Living conditions in Kosovo's detentions facilities are satisfactory, but some outstanding issues still need to be addressed by relevant institutions, according to a report released today by the OSCE Mission...