News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes gender equality at the local level
Publishing date: 31 October 2006
SKOPJE, 31 October 2006- Women now have more opportunities to participate in decision-making at the local level, thanks to an OSCE-supported two-year project that concluded today...
OSCE starts community policing project in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 October 2006
YEREVAN, 30 October 2006- As part of its Police Assistance Programme for Armenia, the OSCE today kicked off a community policing project in Yerevan, which aims at improving the co-operation between the country's police forces and the public...
Experts discuss ways to counter terrorist incitement at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 20 October 2006
VIENNA, 20 October 2006- Strategies to counter terrorist incitement and recruitment while respecting human rights were the focus of a two-day expert workshop that ended in Vienna today...
Finnish parliamentarian Eva Biaudet appointed OSCE special representative on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
VIENNA, 19 October 2006- Eva Biaudet, a Finnish Member of Parliament, has been appointed today as the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...
Transport, security and environmental protection focus of OSCE-Norwegian technical workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
TOENSBERG, 18 October 2006- The need for transport routes that take into account concerns about the environment and security was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded today in Norway...
OSCE seminar in Moscow focuses on harmonization of customs and border procedures
Publishing date: 18 October 2006
MOSCOW, 18 October 2006- Border, customs, transport and trade officials from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia identified measures that would harmonize customs and border procedures during a two-day OSCE seminar that ended in Moscow today...
More co-operation needed to avoid fires in Nagorno-Karabakh region, OSCE-led expert mission finds
Publishing date: 13 October 2006
YEREVAN, 13 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international and local experts today called for more co-operation to prevent and manage fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the end of a 10-day mission to assess the environmental...