On 28 March 2012 the OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a meeting of the Moldovan and Transdniestrian chief political negotiators in the Transdniestrian settlement talks, Eugen Carpov and Nina Shtanski. The meeting focused on restoring connections between people living on both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru river, including resuming a full railway service through Transdniestria and reopening the Gura Bîcului bridge to vehicle traffic...

Another round of official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement was held in Dublin on 28-29 February 2012. The two-day meeting brought together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations – Moldova, Transdniestria, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU. This is only the second official meeting in the 5+2 format following a nearly six-year hiatus.

The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) held a two-day training event, first of its kind, on gender equality and non-discrimination in security sector policies. OSCE experts and 25 Defence Ministry officers from across the country, both women and men, discussed how to create conditions in which women can be encouraged to go into security sector careers.

The OSCE Mission to Moldova led a conference on the re-organization of Teleradio-Moldova. It served as a forum for debates on Teleradio-Moldova’s reform, aiming to help it become a modern, pluralistic, professional and independent public service broadcaster.

Young music students and professional musicians from both sides of Dniestr/Nistru River gave joint concerts in Pervomaisk and Chisinau on 17 and 20 May 2011 as part of an effort by the OSCE Mission to Moldova to build confidence across the Dniestr/Nistru River.

This photo gallery illustrates aspects of confidence-building in and around Transdniestria in which the OSCE Mission to Moldova has been engaged, or on which the sides themselves came to an agreement.