News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches campaign against human trafficking
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 25 November 2008- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched a campaign against human trafficking today, and called on the public to report any relevant information using an anti-trafficking helpline...
OSCE's senior gender adviser visits Belarus
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
MINSK, 25 November 2008- Jamila Seftaoui, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, began a two-day visit to Minsk today linked to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the publication of a joint UN-OSCE survey...
Fifth anniversary of OSCE Police Reform Programme in Kyrgyzstan marked with conference
Publishing date: 22 November 2008
BISHKEK, 22 November 2008- Almost 100 officials participated in a conference today that marked the fifth anniversary of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme. The Interior Ministry and the OSCE Centre co-organized the event...
OSCE holds regional workshop on combating illicit drugs trafficking in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 November 2008
TASHKENT, 20 November 2008- Improving co-operation among the national stakeholders in Central Asia to prevent and investigate drug trafficking, and exchanging intelligence information is the purpose of a regional workshop that opened in Tashkent today...
Recent assaults on journalists in Armenia threaten free press, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 19 November 2008
VIENNA, 19 November 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed his concern today over a violent attack this week against an independent journalist in Armenia...
South Caucasus journalists discuss public-service broadcasting, digitalization at OSCE media conference
Publishing date: 14 November 2008
TBILISI, 14 November 2008- The challenges and future of public-service broadcasting and how the digital switchover can support media freedom and media pluralism were among the topics discussed at the Fifth OSCE Media Conference in Tbilisi today...
OSCE promotes democratic policing in Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 November 2008
ALMATY, 13 November 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in Central Asia to put the Organization's guidelines on democratic policing into practice is the focus of a roundtable discussion that opened in Almaty today...