News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence welcomes agreement between Albanian political parties
Publishing date: 31 August 2006
TIRANA, 31 August 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania today welcomed agreement between Albanian ruling and opposition parties on electoral and media issues and noted that the move was a positive reflection...
OSCE Office in Yerevan visits penal colony for women and juveniles
Publishing date: 30 August 2006
YEREVAN, 30 August 2006- OSCE Office representatives and board members of the Public Monitoring Group for Penitentiary Institutions today visited the Abovian Women and Juvenile Colony to present school-related items...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over jailing of Turkmenistan journalists
Publishing date: 28 August 2006
VIENNA, 28 August 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today criticised the sentencing of journalists in Turkmenistan and condemned the lack of transparency in the handling of the cases.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports course to improve access to information
Publishing date: 28 August 2006
SKOPJE, 28 August 2006- A training course that aims to make it easier for journalists and others to gain access to public information started today with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje....
OSCE deploys observation mission for general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 August 2006
WARSAW/SARAJEVO, 25 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today deployed an Election Observation Mission for the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October...
OSCE-supported project aims to improve economic research capacity in Central Asia for policy-making
Publishing date: 21 August 2006
BISHKEK, 21 August 2006- Strengthening the research capacity of Central Asian universities to more actively contribute to economic policy-making is the goal of an OSCE-supported project being discussed at a regional conference that opened today...
OSCE Centres help train Kazakh and Kyrgyz journalists to report on labour migration
Publishing date: 17 August 2006
ALMATY, 17 August 2006- A training course on labour migration for journalists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan began today in Almaty. Organized by the OSCE Centres in Almaty and Bishkek, and the Kazakh International Centre for Journalism MediaNet...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russia's suspension of extraditions of refugees, praises Kazakhstan for positive steps
Publishing date: 16 August 2006
BRUSSELS, 16 August 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today said he was pleased by Russia's decision to suspend the extradition of 12 refugees and an asylum-seeker to Uzbekistan...
OSCE Mission to Moldova issues statement on explosion in Tiraspol
Publishing date: 14 August 2006
CHISINAU, 14 August 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova today issued the following statement: "The explosion yesterday in Tiraspol has shocked all of us in the OSCE Mission to Moldova and we are saddened by this tragic loss of life...
OSCE Skopje Mission funds summer camp to educate youth on democracy-building and economy
Publishing date: 14 August 2006
SKOPJE, 14 August 2006- A ten-day youth camp focusing on economy and democratization and funded by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje opened at the Prespa lake today...