News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organizes workshop on potential markets for Armenian agricultural products
Publishing date: 22 December 2015
A national consultation workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Ministry of Economy on expanding existing foreign markets for agricultural crops produced in Armenia and identifying potential new ones was held on 21 December 2015 in Yerevan...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 20 December 2015
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
The SMM observed a number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM also observed fresh craters and impact of shelling in Donetsk region. It encountered restrictions to its freedom of movement, including to a border area not controlled by the Government. The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor the demining and repair of power lines in Luhansk region...
Hungary urged to refrain from policies and practices that promote intolerance and hatred
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
GENEVA/BRUSSELS/WARSAW, 18 December 2015 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) have urged Hungary to refrain from policies and practices that promote intolerance, fear and fuel xenophobia against refugees and migrants...
OSCE supports law enforcement trainers from Afghanistan in advancing their knowledge and skills in combatting illicit drugs
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
DOMODEDOVO, Russian Federation, 21 December 2015- Twelve Afghan law enforcement trainers completed an OSCE-organized train-of-trainers course at a Russian training facility near Moscow today, focusing on combatting illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crimes...
OSCE co-hosts high-level seminar on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
ASTANA, 21 December 2015 – An OSCE-supported seminar on implementing the recently-adopted laws on access to information and on public councils took place today in Astana bringing together some 70 high-level governmental officials, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, national experts and journalists...
Military officers from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan attend regional OSCE-supported course on pre-deployment for peacekeeping operations
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
An OSCE-organized regional course on pre-deployment for peacekeeping operations began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports training course for women’s penitentiary staff on international standards for treatment of women prisoners
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
Staff members of the women’s penitentiary in the town of Nurek attended a training course co-organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 15-16 December 2015 on practical aspects of the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners, also known as the Bangkok Rules...