News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps strengthen risk analysis system of Ukraine’s State Border Service
Publishing date: 31 January 2012
KYIV, 31 January 2012 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) today handed over IT equipment for 23 risk and criminal analysis units of the Ukraine's State Border Guard Service...
Switzerland’s elections to Federal Assembly vibrant and pluralistic, some concerns over regional variations, says ODIHR report
Publishing date: 31 January 2012
Switzerland’s elections to the Federal Assembly on 23 October 2011 demonstrated that Swiss democracy is deep-rooted and pluralistic but the decentralized system of government leads to some regional variations in electoral practice, concludes the final report of the OSCE/ODIHR election assessment mission...
Habsburg Douglas hosts Kyrgyz Parliamentarians in Sweden
Publishing date: 31 January 2012
STOCKHOLM, 31 January 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) is hosting a delegation of parliamentarians this week from the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic on a study visit to the Swedish Riksdagen...
OSCE Special Representative, in Dublin, discusses Ireland’s anti-trafficking efforts
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
DUBLIN, 30 January 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro met the Irish Justice and Equality Minister Alan Shatter, today at the start of a four-day visit to Ireland...
Twenty years in OSCE, Kyrgyzstan plays important role for security in Central Asia and beyond, says Head of OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
Twenty years ago, on 30 January 1992, following its independence, Kyrgyzstan joined the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), which later became the OSCE...
Parliamentary Assembly President to meet OSCE Chair-in-Office Gilmore in Dublin
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
COPENHAGEN, 30 January 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou, a leading member of the Greek Parliament, will visit Dublin 1 February for meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore to discuss Ireland’s priorities as chair of the world’s largest regional security organization...
Fight against hate and intolerance must continue says OSCE Chairperson on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2012
JERUSALEM, 27 January 2012 – Speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, emphasized the need to continue to fight hate and intolerance...