News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
14th IPRM Meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 28 July 2011
DVANI, 28 July 2011- The 14th IPRM meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place today in Dvani. The meeting was co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the OSCE. This was the first meeting attended by the new Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz...
OSCE Special Representatives on gender and human trafficking visit Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2011
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, and the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, are visiting Kyrgyzstan from 26 to 29 July 2011...
Geneva Discussions must continue and deliver progress for the sake of those affected, says OSCE Chairmanship official
Publishing date: 22 July 2011
VIENNA, 22 July 2011 – Participants in the Geneva Discussions must do their part to make the talks effective as the Discussions remain the only forum where all parties to the August 2008 conflict are represented, Ambassador Giedrius Čekuolis, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts, said today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes decriminalization of libel by Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 July 2011
VIENNA, 19 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended Kyrgyzstan for being the first Central Asian state to decriminalize libel...
OSCE-supported summer seminar to build trust among communities
Publishing date: 15 July 2011
Seventy young people from both sides of the Dniestr/Nistru River are participating in a summer school in Molovata Noua, Moldova, from 7 to 17 July 2011. The school aims to raise awareness among young people of the role of civil society in dealing with environmental issues...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on governments to recognize access to the Internet as a human right
Publishing date: 15 July 2011
WASHINGTON, 15 July 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on governments to treat Internet access as a human right that should be enshrined in their constitutions, in testimony today at the U.S. Helsinki Commission...
OSCE condemns attempt to intimidate independent media in Montenegro
Publishing date: 15 July 2011
VIENNA/PODGORICA, 15 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and Šarūnas Adomavičius, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro today condemned the deliberate burning by unknown perpetrators of two vehicles belonging to the Montenegrin daily “Vijesti”...