News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania marks 10th anniversary
Publishing date: 27 March 2007
TIRANA, 27 March 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania marks its 10th anniversary today. It was created by an OSCE Permanent Council decision on 27 March 1997 in response to the breakdown of law and order in the country...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains NGOs to help trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
KYIV, 26 March 2007- Twenty five NGO representatives are taking part in a training course on helping victims of human trafficking, organized this week by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union...
OSCE Representative marks 200th anniversary of slave trade abolition
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
VIENNA, 26 March 2007- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, issued the following statement today...
OSCE Chairman condemns shooting of Georgian policemen in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
MADRID, 26 March 2007- The OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed his deep concern today about Sunday's fatal shooting of two Georgian policemen in the Didmukha area in the west of the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...
OSCE Chairman offers condolences over death of Armenian prime minister
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
MADRID, 26 March 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has offered his sincere condolences to the people of Armenia and the family of Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan who died on Sunday...
ODIHR trains Kazakh lawyers for jury trials
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
ALMATY, 26 March 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) started today a training course for Kazakh lawyers on effective representation of clients in jury trials...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports publications on elections
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
YEREVAN, 26 March 2006- The electoral process in Armenia, as well as the corresponding legislation and its practical implementation during the 12 May parliamentary elections are the focus of two new publications presented in Yerevan today...
OSCE promotes international standards on anti-corruption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 March 2007
ALMATY, 26 March 2007- Promoting international legal standards in view of criminalizing corruption in the Kazakh national legislation is the topic of a seminar that opened in Almaty today...
OSCE Representative urges Bulgaria to prosecute attackers of journalists, warns against changes to law on information
Publishing date: 23 March 2007
VIENNA, 23 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced concern today over the assault on journalists of 24 Hours and 168 Hours newspapers by parliamentarians of the Ataka political party. He also warned...
Experts discuss how legal co-operation can help counter terrorism at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 23 March 2007
VIENNA, 23 March 2007- International legal co-operation in criminal matters should be strengthened in order to effectively counter terrorism, participants in a two-day OSCE expert workshop ending today concluded...