News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Making travel documents secure focus of OSCE workshop in Vienna
Publishing date: 19 July 2007
VIENNA, 19 July 2007- Helping OSCE countries improve the security of passports and other travel documents is the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit in co-operation with the ICAO in Vienna today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator to train Ukrainian journalists on reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
KYIV, 13 July 2007- How journalists can cover human trafficking in a reliable, responsible and sensitive way while avoiding stigmatizing and further traumatizing victims is the topic of a series of training sessions organized by the OSCE Project...
OSCE Chairman says he supports closing OSCE Mission to Croatia by the end of the year
Publishing date: 8 July 2007
DUBROVNIK, 8 July 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said yesterday he favours closing the OSCE Mission to Croatia by the end of 2007...
OSCE Centre trains members of Tajik Parliament to create and improve gender laws
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
KHOJA OBI GARM, Tajikistan, 5 July 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among members of the Tajik Parliament was the aim of a five-day OSCE-supported training course in the mountainous health resort of Khoja Obi Garm in central Tajikistan.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches anti-trafficking training sessions for Ukrainian regional authorities
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
KYIV, 3 July 2007- About 400 Ukrainian regional governmental officials will participate in a series of 15 regional training sessions on how to fight human trafficking that will be held in July and August as part of a project launched today by the OSCE...
OSCE media representative urges Armenian Parliament to drop amendments practically abolishing Radio Liberty's re-broadcasts
Publishing date: 28 June 2007
VIENNA, 28 June 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, criticized legal amendments that would ban Armenian-language foreign media programmes on public-service broadcast channels, and introduce heavy fees...
International co-operation needed to battle security threat posed by illegal drugs, say participants in OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 28 June 2007
VIENNA, 28 June 2007- International co-operation is crucial to combat the security challenges posed by illegal drug trade and abuse, a representative of the Spanish OSCE Chairmanship told an Expert Conference on the threat of illicit drugs...