News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
At Geneva Discussions, OSCE Chairmanship calls for additional confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
GENEVA, 4 March 2011 – Additional confidence-building measures in areas affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia are needed, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, Giedrius Čekuolis at today’s round of the Geneva International Discussions...
Businesswomen and experts discuss women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
VILNIUS, 4 March 2011- Trends and good practices in women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region were in focus during a two-day OSCE meeting that ended today in Vilnius, Lithuania...
OSCE Office conducts strategic planning workshop to support Tajikistan's police reform
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
DUSHANBE, 4 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported strategic planning workshop for 15 senior law enforcement commanders, held to support the country's police reform in line with democratic principles, ended today...
OSCE media representative concerned about unprecedented persecution of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 3 March 2011
VIENNA, 3 March 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on Turkish authorities to immediately stop intimidating media following police action against several journalists...
OSCE Special Representative calls for more effective action to tackle trafficking for domestic servitude
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
VIENNA, 28 February 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro called for greater awareness of trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude and more effective action to tackle the crime, during the launch of a new publication focusing on domestic servitude today...
OSCE Chairperson discusses Astana Summit follow-up, reform progress in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
ASTANA, 28 February 2011- The OSCE Chairperson, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, emphasized the importance of taking forward the momentum gained at the Astana Summit and sustaining Kazakhstan’s reform progress following a meeting today with the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev...
OSCE uses comprehensive approach in fighting terrorism, Secretary General tells UN committee
Publishing date: 24 February 2011
UNITED NATIONS, 24 February 2011 – The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to preventing and combating terrorism by focusing on all aspects of security and involving an array of partners, OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, told the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee today...