News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
NATO's General Jones briefs OSCE Permanent Council on Afghanistan mission
Publishing date: 14 September 2006
VIENNA, 14 September 2006- NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, U.S. Marine Corps General James L. Jones, said today the Alliance was grateful to OSCE participating States that have contributed their troops to the mission in Afghanistan...
Austrian Foreign Minister calls for closer OSCE-EU co-operation in fighting terrorism, organized crime
Publishing date: 2 February 2006
VIENNA, 2 February 2006- Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called in a speech today for closer and more efficient co-operation between the 55-nation OSCE and the 25-nation European Union...
OSCE conference participants call for "global network" to suppress terrorist financing
Publishing date: 9 November 2005
VIENNA, 9 November 2005- High-level representatives from international organiza-tions and OSCE States, attending an anti-terrorism financing conference in Vienna, called today for the building of a "global anti-terrorism network" to help suppress...
Council of Europe Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
VIENNA, 13 July 2005- Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will address the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, 14 July. Media representatives are invited to hear Mr Davis deliver his speech at 10.00...
Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...
Afghan Foreign Minister seeks OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah thanked the OSCE on Thursday for granting his country the status of Partner for Co-operation and asked for the Organization's support as Afghanistan seeks to build security and...
OSCE publishes study on media in multilingual societies
Publishing date: 31 July 2003
VIENNA, 31 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today presented to the OSCE participating States a booklet entitled Media in Multilingual Societies, a compilation of five country reports. The publication...