News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Review needed on OSCE response to economic and environmental threats, Secretary General tells annual meeting
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
The OSCE needs to develop its capacity to respond to ‘very tangible’ threats to security imposed by economic and environmental factors such as water, resource sharing, energy, migration and climate change, OSCE Secretary General told an annual meeting on the topic on 21 October 2013 in Vienna.
Energy security and sustainability in the OSCE region focus of high-level OSCE conference in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 October 2013
ASHGABAT, 17 October 2013 – Development of the robust and reliable energy sector, stable transit of energy, promotion of sustainable energy solutions and energy efficiency are key topics of a high-level conference organized by the Ukraine’s OSCE Chairmanship and the Government of Turkmenistan that started in Ashgabat today...
OSCE supports regional co-operation against money laundering and corruption in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
DURRES, Albania, 10 October 2013- A two-day regional conference aimed at strengthening co-operation on anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism, and tackling corruption in South Eastern Europe started today in Albania...
OSCE trains officials on gender-sensitive labour migration policies in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
An OSCE regional training course on gender-sensitive labour migration policies concluded on 8 October 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Government officials and civil society from five OSCE participating States – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – learned how to develop and implement labour migration policies that benefit both female and male migrant workers.
OSCE launches Albanian version of handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
The Albanian version of a handbook of best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe was presented on 4 October 2013 in Tirana.
OSCE, international organizations help provide potable water to people in south-west Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2013
Thirty-five volunteers from Kaptarkhana village in Batken province in south-west Kyrgyzstan, including staff of the Mayor’s office and the State Water Agency, and representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) got together on 5 October 2013 to work on the facilities for taking the water from the river and channelling it to the newly constructed potable water pipeline...
OSCE holds workshop in Uzbekistan to promote renewable energy in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2013
TASHKENT, 3 October 2013 – An OSCE-organized regional workshop on best practices in promoting renewable energy started today in Tashkent. Officials and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shared their experiences and discussed their daily work with experts from Georgia, Norway, Spain and Sweden...