News and press releases

ASTANA, 3 May 2012 – The challenges of developing a modern national population registration system were discussed today at a roundtable meeting jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism in Kazakhstan...

YEREVAN, 2 May 2012 – Training supported by the OSCE and the EU on the procedural and ethical aspects of election administration for precinct election commissioners will conclude tomorrow...

The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities organized on 2 May 2012 a senior-level meeting on strengthening the institutional capacities of “gender equality employees” at the central and local level in Albania...

TUNIS, 2 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy...

An outdoor awareness-raising campaign to prevent gender-based violence started on 1 May 2012 with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...

The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Tirana University presented on 30 April 2012 a new interdisciplinary Masters programme aimed at improving the standards of social services in Albania, in particular of those offered by the justice system...

DUBLIN, 30 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore today welcomed the agreement reached regarding the facilitation by the OSCE of voting in Kosovo in the forthcoming Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...