News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds workshop on travel document security in Belgrade
Publishing date: 9 November 2006
BELGRADE, 9 November 2006- A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit on standards of travel document security ended in Serbia today...
New OSCE representative on combating human trafficking outlines priorities
Publishing date: 9 November 2006
VIENNA, 9 November 2006- Eva Biaudet, recently appointed the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, today called on the Organization's 56 participating States to strengthen the implementation of their commitments...
OSCE conference discusses media freedom in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 2 November 2006
TBILISI, 2 November 2006- Challenges and prospects for the privatized and privately owned media in the South Caucasus are the focus of the third annual OSCE Media Conference, hosted by the Government of Georgia, which opened in Tbilisi today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes gender equality at the local level
Publishing date: 31 October 2006
SKOPJE, 31 October 2006- Women now have more opportunities to participate in decision-making at the local level, thanks to an OSCE-supported two-year project that concluded today...
OSCE starts community policing project in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 October 2006
YEREVAN, 30 October 2006- As part of its Police Assistance Programme for Armenia, the OSCE today kicked off a community policing project in Yerevan, which aims at improving the co-operation between the country's police forces and the public...
Training school for local civil servants presented by OSCE Croatia Mission and State Administration
Publishing date: 27 October 2006
ZAGREB, 27 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and the country's Central State Administration Office launched a training academy for officials and employees in local and regional self-government units in Zagreb today...
OSCE media watchdog presents report on anomalies in accrediting journalists
Publishing date: 25 October 2006
VIENNA, 25 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented a special report today on the administrative problems journalists have recently faced in several countries of the OSCE region. The paper...