News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ministers to meet in Vienna at Central Asia Border Security Initiative
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
VIENNA, 12 April 2012 – The OSCE, the Austrian Interior Ministry, the EU, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UNDP are holding a ministerial-level meeting of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative (CABSI) on 16 and 17 April...
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains officials on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a training course on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from 3 to 6 April 2012 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
New head of OSCE Mission arrives in Moldova
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
CHISINAU, 11 April 2012 – The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, took up her position today in Chisinau...
OSCE Office trains Tajik border troops and Afghan border police
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan began a five-week patrol and leadership training course for Tajik trainees on 9 April 2012, as a part of a project developed for Tajik border troops and Afghan border police within the framework of Tajikistan National Border Management Strategy supported by the OSCE...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Spain’s draft transparency law, says it should be further improved
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
VIENNA, 11 April 2012 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed Spain’s draft access to information law, and urged the authorities to consider her Office’s recommendations to ensure that the law is in line with OSCE commitments...
OSCE Office announces call for proposals to support civic action for security and environment in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 April 2012
YEREVAN, 10 April 2012 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan announced today a call for civil society project proposals to address environment and security challenges as part of the Civic Action for Security and Environment (CASE) small grants initiative...
Acting Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns recent violence in Mitrovica
Publishing date: 9 April 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 Apr 2012- Acting Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph condemned today's assault on a police checkpoint and yesterday’s violent incidents in Mitrovica which left one person dead and another one injured...