News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro Head condemns violent disruption of pride parade in Budva as threat to freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 24 July 2013
PODGORICA, 24 July 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ljubomir Kopaj said today’s attacks on participants of the pride parade in Budva represent a threat to the freedom of peaceful assembly...
OSCE Mission to Moldova continues removal of ionized radiation sources from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 24 July 2013
CHISINAU, 24 July 2013 – Today the OSCE Mission to Moldova completed the removal of more than 700 ionized radiation sources from a hospital and factories in Transdniestria...
Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking in focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 July 2013
ASHGABAT, 24 July 2013 – Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking crimes was in focus of an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Secretary General visits Paris
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Paris for consultations on 23 July 2013. He met French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and other senior French officials to discuss challenges in the OSCE region...
OSCE media freedom representative warns UK, Internet filtering ineffective, open to abuse
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –Proposals by UK Prime Minister David Cameron to impose default Internet filtering for adult and sensitive subjects is ineffective and could be open to abuse, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today...
OSCE promotes civic activism and women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
From 23 to 26 July 2013, some 70 representatives of Armenian civil society organizations and political parties took part in a conference that looked at how to improve public participation and ensure the inclusion of women in government policies...
US government must safeguard journalists’ right to protect confidential sources, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern that the US government is forcing a reporter to testify in a criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency official charged with disclosing classified information...