News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences to Russia on death of Boris Yeltsin
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
MADRID, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressed his condolences to Russia today after the death of former President Boris Yeltsin was announced in Moscow.
OSCE Mission trains first line police supervisors in Belgrade
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
BELGRADE, 23 April 2007- An advanced training course for first line police supervisors was launched today at the OSCE Advanced Police Training Centre in Zemun. The course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE holds seminar on libel and defamation for Moldovan judges
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
CHISINAU, 23 April 2007- Twenty Moldovan judges are taking part in an OSCE-organized seminar on libel and defamation cases that began in Chisinau today...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes plans for press freedom improvements in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
ALMATY, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Kazakhstan's Parliament's recent decision to add to its agenda a new draft media law written by four journalists' organizations...
OSCE Chairman calls for calm and dialogue in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
MADRID, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, called today for calm in Kyrgyzstan and urged the country's politicians to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve the political impasse...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports Ukraine's efforts to enhance anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 20 April 2007
KYIV, 20 April 2007- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in co-operation with the Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports, will hold a meeting in Kyiv on 23 April in order to review Ukraine's existing anti-trafficking legislation...
Head of OSCE Mission encourages inclusion of anti-discrimination measures in Montenegro's new Constitution
Publishing date: 20 April 2007
BECICI, 20 April 2007- Montenegro's new Constitution would benefit from including anti-discrimination measures that would in turn form a basis for legislation in this area, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Paraschiva Badescu...
OSCE Centre marks Earth Day in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2007
DUSHANBE, 20 April 2007- Teaching people to understand environmental challenges and to be more responsible towards nature is the aim of a series of events which the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe is organizing...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes sharing of experiences on political parties development
Publishing date: 20 April 2007
BUKHARA, 20 April 2007- The role of political parties in state governance is the focus of a two-day international meeting that starts today in Bukhara. The event is jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to train lawyers on protecting victims of trafficking
Publishing date: 19 April 2007
KYIV, 19 April 2007- A two-day training session for lawyers in protecting human trafficking victims starts in Kyiv today.