News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania urges all sides to make further progress on electoral reform
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
TIRANA, 10 November 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth issued the following statement today...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over growing number of libel lawsuits in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
VIENNA, 10 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian expressed concern today over the growing number of libel suits filed against Armenia’s news outlets, and called upon the authorities to further reform the legislation to adequately protect the media in civil defamation cases...
Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns killing in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 November 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the killing of a Kosovo Serb and the wounding of two others in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica last night...
Belarus trials highlight need for substantial justice reform, OSCE human rights chief says
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
WARSAW, 10 November 2011 – The trials conducted in the aftermath of the 19 December 2010 presidential election in Belarus highlighted the need for a substantial reform of the country’s justice system, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today following the publication of a report on the findings of ODIHR’s trial monitors...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings women and top politicians together to enhance women’s role in governance
Publishing date: 9 November 2011
TIRANA, 9 November 2011- Women active in political and public life and top officials of Albania’s political parties met for two days in Tirana at an OSCE-organized conference on enhancing women’s role in governance...
OSCE launches Hungarian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 9 November 2011
The Hungarian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a seminar hosted by the Interior Ministry of Hungary in Budapest on 8 November 2011...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess early parliamentary elections in Spain
Publishing date: 9 November 2011
MADRID, 9 November 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the early parliamentary elections to be held in Spain on 20 November...