News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Field Office supports gender analysis training for Osh City Council deputies
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 April 2008- Introducing the deputies of the City Council of Osh to gender analyses methods was the aim of a training workshop organized by the Field Office in Osh of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today...
Slovakia's new Press Act curbs editorial freedom, grants politicians unlimited right of reply, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
VIENNA, 10 April 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that he regretted the Slovak Parliament's decision to adopt a controversial Press Act that goes against the country's international commitments...
Cyber threat on the rise as terrorists recruit computer specialists, says OSCE expert
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
GARMISCH, Germany, 10 April 2008- Terrorist use of the Internet is on the rise, and terrorist organizations may employ cyber attacks alongside attacking physical targets, the head of the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit warned today...
OSCE representative encourages Belarus to work closer with NGOs to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 8 April 2008
MINSK, 8 April 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, Eva Biaudet, encouraged the Belarus Government today to support NGOs working on protecting and assisting child victims of trafficking...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian judiciary to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
KYIV, 7 April 2008- Helping the Ukrainian judiciary handle cases of human trafficking, prosecute the perpetrators and help ensure the victims' rights is the focus of a training course that started in the Ukrainian capital today...
Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...
OSCE media freedom representative protests against onslaught on independent media in Belarus
Publishing date: 28 March 2008
VIENNA, 28 March 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, sharply criticised today a crackdown on independent journalists and media outlets throughout the Republic of Belarus...