News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence...
OSCE Presence provides Albania’s electoral body with computers ahead of local government elections
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections...
Fight against corruption focus of OSCE co-organized seminar in Vilnius
Publishing date: 23 March 2011
VILNIUS, 23 March 2011 – A three-day expert seminar on anti-corruption policy and integrity training, a joint initiative of the OSCE and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), started in Vilnius today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports municipalities in modernizing archives
Publishing date: 15 March 2011
As part of an OSCE-supported project to modernize municipal archives, refurbished offices will be inaugurated in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and Skenderaj/Srbica and on 15 March and in Vushtrri/Vučitrn on 16 March.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports standardization of municipal regulations
Publishing date: 1 March 2011
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on improving the quality of municipal acts concluded on 1 March 2011 in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Head of OSCE Office and Yerevan Mayor discuss regulatory system reform
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos discussed Armenia's regulatory reform with Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan in a meeting on 24 February 2011...
Judges, government officials and NGOs discuss how to promote an independent judiciary during OSCE-supported meeting
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
ASTANA, 25 February 2010 – How to apply international standards of judicial independence in the selection, promotion and evaluation of judges as well as in the co-operation among the judicial, legislative and executive branches was in focus today during an OSCE-supported event held at the Supreme Court...