News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General presents donation to Mouratsan hospital in Yerevan
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
During an official visit to Armenia, the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Mouratsan hospital of the Yerevan State Medical University on 11 July 2012 and awarded a donation from proceeds of the 2012 OSCE Charity Ball. The donation will be used for the procurement of medical equipment for the treatment of children with haematological and oncological diseases...
Statement of OSCE PA President Migliori on the tense institutional climate in Romania
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
COPENHAGEN, 12 July 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today released the following statement:
ODIHR releases e-learning course for short-term election observers
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
A web-based learning course designed to assist OSCE participating States in training short-term election observers was released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 12 July 2012...
Media-related legislative reform in Kazakhstan discussed at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
ASTANA, 12 July 2012 – An OSCE-supported conference to discuss legislative reform related to freedom of expression in Kazakhstan was held today in Astana...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against journalist in Pristina
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
VIENNA, 12 July 2012- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today deplored the physical assault against Halil Matoshi, a columnist with the daily Koha Ditore in Pristina...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities delivers statement to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek delivered a statement to the 920th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 July 2012...
Russia should reject recriminalizing libel, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
VIENNA, 12 July 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her disappointment today with the adoption in a first reading by the Russian State Duma of draft amendments reinstating libel provisions in the Criminal Code, and urged parliamentarians to reject the bill...