News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman condemns threats against monitors in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 9 May 2007
MADRID, 9 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has condemned the actions of a group of men who said they were South Ossetian 'militia' who fired weapons and threatened a Joint Peacekeeping Forces...
Norwegian police officers visit OSCE Skopje Mission
Publishing date: 8 May 2007
SKOPJE, 8 May 2007- Nine Norwegian police officers visited the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje this week to study community policing, and activities aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking...
OSCE press freedom watchdog condemns prison sentences handed down to journalists in Azerbaijan for essay on religion
Publishing date: 7 May 2007
VIENNA, 7 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet...
OSCE election body concerned about Armenia's refusal to issue visas to observers
Publishing date: 7 May 2007
WARSAW, 7 May 2007- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Ambassador Christian Strohal, said today he was concerned about visa problems that some official election observers face in Armenia.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President encourages closer parliamentary co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 May 2007
COPENHAGEN, 7 May 2007- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) President Goran Lennmarker urged today closer co-operation between the parliaments in Central Asia and the OSCE PA following a recent visit to the region...
OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on early elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 May 2007
MADRID, 4 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he was glad that a breakthrough agreement was reached in negotiations between Ukraine's top political leaders to hold early elections...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on court and crime reporting
Publishing date: 4 May 2007
BAKU, 4 May 2007- More than twenty journalists from different Azerbaijani media outlets took part in a seminar on court and crime reporting organized by the OSCE Office in Baku today. Participants also discussed the notion of presumption of innocence...
OSCE, Council of Europe discuss closer co-operation at Madrid meeting
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the Secretaries General of the two organizations discussed closer co-operation between the organizations at a meeting in Madrid today...
OSCE Chairman concerned about events in Tallinn and Moscow
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
MADRID, 3 May 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his concern today over the events that followed the removal of the WWII memorial of the "Bronze Soldier" in Tallinn and protests in front...
Tajik journalists and students celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Field Office
Publishing date: 3 May 2007
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 3 May 2007- Highlighting the importance of freedom of the media was the aim of a series of events that the OSCE Field Office in Khujand, in northern Tajikistan, organized today to mark World Press Freedom Day...