News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine completes series of anti-trafficking training courses for police
Publishing date: 16 July 2009
KYIV, 16 July 2009- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine completed a series of regional training courses for local police on combating trafficking in human beings today...
OSCE supports Central Asia workshop on seizing and recovering organized crime proceeds
Publishing date: 14 July 2009
ALMATY, 14 July 2009- A workshop to discuss how Central Asian law enforcement agencies can co-operate more effectively to seize and recover the illegal proceeds of organized crime, corruption and money laundering started in Almaty today...
OSCE media freedom representative says new Polish media law endangers public-service media, urges Constitutional Court review
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
VIENNA, 10 July 2009- OSCE media freedom representative Miklos Haraszti said today that Poland's new media law fails to secure the independence of public-service media and urged the President to send the law for review by the Constitutional Court...
OSCE Special Representative launches research on human trafficking for agricultural exploitation
Publishing date: 9 July 2009
VIENNA, 9 July 2009- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, launched a new publication on addressing human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agricultural sector in the OSCE region today...
OSCE meeting in Bratislava calls for strengthening co-operation on energy security
Publishing date: 6 July 2009
BRATISLAVA, 6 July 2009- The OSCE offers an appropriate platform for dialogue and co-operation that enhances energy security because it gathers countries that are energy producers, energy consumers and countries through which energy is transported...
OSCE and IOM co-organize training course for Belarusian Border Service on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 6 July 2009
MINSK, 6 July 2009- Twenty Belarusian border control officers started an intensive two-week training course today to improve their ability to detect forged documents...
Parties to the Dayton Peace Accords ready to take more responsibility in arms control, OSCE representative hears during consultations
Publishing date: 3 July 2009
VIENNA, 3 July 2009- Representatives of the foreign ministries of Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed their countries were ready to continue taking more responsibility...