News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports municipality to promote good governance in local economic strategic planning
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
SKOPJE, 3 November 2011 – More than fifty representatives from the business community, schools, municipal administration and civil society from Skopje’s Ilinden municipality will participate in the drafting of a new strategy for local economic development through a project supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched today...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on local self-governance in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 October 2011
ASTANA, 27 October 2011 – The state of local self-governance in Kazakhstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion held in Astana today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full implementation of Independent Oversight Board decisions
Publishing date: 14 October 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 October 2011 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward Joseph, today called on Kosovo institutions to fully implement decisions of the Independent Oversight Board for Civil Service...
OSCE/ODIHR ready to support Mediterranean partners on path to democracy
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE can provide concrete support to its Mediterranean partners in the transition to democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) told a conference in Budva, Montenegro on 11 October...
OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...
Winners of 2011 OSCE photo contest on sustainable transport and energy announced
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Finding environmentally-friendly ways to produce energy, and transport goods and people, is crucial in safeguarding our future. A photo contest organized by the 2011 Lithuanian Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in May–July encouraged professional and amateur photographers to demonstrate their visions of the development of sustainable energy and transport—the theme of the 19th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Prague on 14-16 September 2011...
OSCE Mission kicks off campaign to boost public participation in municipal budget planning
Publishing date: 1 September 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 1 September 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched today a public information campaign to help municipalities increase public participation in the 2012 municipal budget planning process...