News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR hosts confidence and capacity-building event in Kyiv to pave the way forward in addressing hate crime in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
Practices of monitoring, reporting and investigating hate crimes in Ukraine were the focus of the Second National Confidence and Capacity Building event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Kyiv on 26 April 2016.
Education of future journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina in focus of OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
JAHORINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), 26 April 2016 – The OSCE Mission to BiH, in co-operation with local NGO Munja Social Innovation Incubator, organized a three-day workshop for journalism students from the Universities of Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka, to familiarize them with the Mission’s work, with particular focus on media freedom, preventing violent extremism and hate- and bias-motivated incidents...
OSCE promotes sustainable fisheries in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea region
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 26 April 2016 – An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 30 farmers and representatives from the national and regional water authorities, the Aral-Syrdarya Water Basin Council, the civil society and academia on promoting sustainable fisheries in Kazakhstan’s part of the Aral Sea region began today in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan....
Preservation, inspiration and dialogue: Twenty years of The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
In promoting education as a tool for conflict prevention, The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities have offered a toolkit for preservation, inspiration and dialogue, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors as she opened an expert meeting on 21 April 2016 at The Hague to mark two decades of these ground-breaking Recommendations...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan organizes open day to present its activities on gender equality
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
DUSHANBE, 26 April 2016 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan held an open day event in Dushanbe today, inviting some 45 governmental officials from state agencies and representatives of civil society, the international and community and OSCE participating States to learn about the Mission’s work in gender equality in the country...
Law students and paralegals trained to raise awareness about state guaranteed legal aid at OSCE event in Moldova
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event on raising the public’s awareness of state guaranteed legal aid for four paralegals and 18 law students from Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and Comrat, from 22 to 23 April 2016 in Vadul-lui-Vodă...
OSCE Representative reiterates call on Armenia authorities to ensure journalists’ safety
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
VIENNA, 26 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today again expressed concern over journalists’ safety in Armenia following recent coercive actions by police against media representatives in Yerevan...