News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom watchdog presents report on journalists' rights during political demonstrations
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
VIENNA, 21 June 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, issued a special report today on the problems faced by journalists when covering political demonstrations...
OSCE Office awards prizes to winners of painting competition with police theme
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
MINGECHEVIR, Azerbaijan, 21 June 2007- About 40 school children were awarded prizes today for their paintings on how they would like police to function in society in a competition organized by the OSCE Office in Baku.
OSCE representative calls Swiss initiative to ban minarets unfortunate
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
ANKARA, 21 June 2007- Ambassador Omur Orhun, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, expressed today deep concern about a petition that aims to force Switzerland...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training courses on human rights in the justice system
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
ASHGABAD, 21 June 2007-International human rights standards in the justice system were the focus of a series of training courses in Turkmenistan, the last of which opened today in the city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea coast...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly representative visits Guantanamo
Publishing date: 20 June 2007
COPENHAGEN, 20 June 2007- Anne-Marie Lizin, the President of the Belgian Senate and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Guantanamo, is today visiting the Guantanamo detention centre on the invitation of the U.S. Government...
OSCE Office presents books on purchase law and property rights
Publishing date: 20 June 2007
BAKU, 20 June 2007- The OSCE Office in Baku launched two books targeting Azerbaijani legal practitioners and students today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains anti-trafficking hotlines operators
Publishing date: 19 June 2007
KYIV, 19 June 2007- Helping anti-trafficking telephone hotlines improve their service is the purpose of a training seminar organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Centre organizes training for Turkmenistan's border and customs officials
Publishing date: 19 June 2007
ASHGABAD, 19 June 2007- Six members of Turkmenistan's border and customs services have taken part in a week-long practical training course in south Germany on proper border management...
OSCE important tool to find new ways to solve military problems, says Polish ex-president
Publishing date: 19 June 2007
VIENNA, 19 June 2007- It is time to look at military problems in a different way and avoid a return to Cold War rhetoric, and the OSCE is well placed to help countries do this, former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski told the...
OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on alternative energy sources
Publishing date: 19 June 2007
MINSK, 19 June 2007- Creating legal conditions for developing renewable alternative energy sources is the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office and the National Law Drafting Centre in Minsk today...