News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for second term
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- Miklos Haraszti was appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for a second three-year term today. Haraszti, a Hungarian writer and former dissident, was...
OSCE important for Albania's transition and foreign policy goals, says Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- The OSCE has played an important role in Albania's democratic transition and the relationship will remain close as the country works to achieve its two main foreign policy goals of membership in European and...
Partnership, mutual respect and understanding key for OSCE, says Lithuanian President
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- The concept of partnership should be at the heart of the OSCE's work, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said today.
ODIHR holds UK training course on protecting human rights in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
LONDON, 8 March 2007- The need to protect human rights in the fight against terrorism will be the focus of a training course for senior officials beginning in London today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports anti-trafficking initiatives
Publishing date: 7 March 2007
SKOPJE, 7 March 2007- The National Referral Mechanism which helps victims of human trafficking and other achievements in the field were the topic of a presentation for Members of Parliament in Skopje today...
OSCE Chairman denounces "parliamentary elections" in Abkhazia
Publishing date: 7 March 2007
MADRID, 7 March 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has denounced the "parliamentary elections" held on 4 March by the Abkhaz leadership on the territory under its control...
OSCE Mission presents study on rights of displaced population
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
BELGRADE, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented a study today that aims to help the displaced populations in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina access their rights. "This study...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
ASTANA, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, encouraged Kazakh authorities today to abandon plans to require licenses for all printing presses. Existing laws...
OSCE holds workshop to help Uzbekistan improve travel document security
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
TASHKENT, 2 March 2007- More than 50 experts from the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Service and other institutions discussed how Uzbekistan's travel document security can be improved...
OSCE helps organize training course for press staff in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 2 March 2007- Writing professional press releases, closer interaction between local law enforcement bodies and the media and civil society were among topics discussed at a seminar that ended in the southern Kyrgyz city of Batken today...