News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents guidebook for journalists on how to receive electoral information
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
YEREVAN, 27 April 2007- A guidebook for journalists on how to exercise their right to access electoral information, developed by the local NGO Freedom of Information Centre with financial support from the OSCE Office, was presented in Yerevan today...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe holds meeting on labour migration
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
DUSHANBE, 27 April 2007- Ways of regulating labour migration and ensuring better protection of the rights of Tajik labour migrants were discussed at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission in Moldova
Publishing date: 26 April 2007
WARSAW/CHISINAU, 26 April 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an election observation mission for the 3 June local elections in Moldova...
OSCE to be invited to observe Ukraine elections, Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 26 April 2007
VIENNA, 26 April 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will be invited to observe Ukraine's upcoming elections, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the Organization today.
OSCE Office launches project to combat human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 April 2007
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 24 April 2007- The OSCE Osh Field Office and the local NGO Golden Goal launched a project today that will help prevent human trafficking. Financed by the French Government, the project will target...
OSCE Kosovo Mission launches student support centre
Publishing date: 24 April 2007
PRISTINA, 24 April 2007- University students in Pristina now have better resources to prepare themselves for the labour market, thanks to a Student Services Centre inaugurated today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns sentencing of journalist, says Azerbaijan media under serious threat
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily...
Joint statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
BELGRADE, 19 April 2007- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Belgrade on April 18 under the aegis of the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group...
OSCE releases 2006 Annual Report with "good stories to tell"
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2006 Annual Report today.
OSCE Chairman's envoy heads to Moldova for meetings on Transdniestria problem
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
MADRID, 23 April 2007- Ambassador Jose Pons, the Spanish Foreign Ministry's Director General for Europe and North America, was travelling to Moldova today to discuss the Transdniestrian problem. He travels on the instructions of the OSCE Chairman...