News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link praises release of Leyla Yunus
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
WARSAW, 9 December 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the release from custody of Azerbaijani human rights defender Leyla Yunus, following a request from her lawyers based on her deteriorating health...
OSCE Representative urges authorities in Armenia to ensure journalists’ rights to report in a free and safe manner
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
VIENNA, 9 December 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over recent cases of obstruction and threats against journalists covering the 6 December referendum on constitutional reforms in Armenia...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes networking meeting on gender mainstreaming within law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
SKOPJE, 9 December 2015 – Fostering a gender balance and promoting women’s rights in the police service is the aim of today’s OSCE-supported networking meeting taking place in Skopje, which will bring together 35 representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), the national Police Union and the Association of Women in the Kosovo Police (AWKP)...
OSCE assists Kazakhstan’s banking sector in countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
An OSCE-supported international certification programme for 30 representatives of the banking sector on detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorism financing began on 9 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE-supported training courses on fight against gender-based violence take place in five Montenegrin municipalities
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Under the scope of the global campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence" the OSCE Mission to Montenegro had supported training course for multi-disciplinary teams in Pljevlja, Herceg Novi, Cetinje, Berane and Podgorica between 30 November and 9 December 2015...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports opening of school mediation club
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
A mediation club was opened on 9 December 2015 in the Secondary School “Vlado Tasevski” in Skopje, as part of the project “Mediation for Change” implemented by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and financially supported by the Swiss Embassy in Skopje...
Interfaith dialogue crucial for promoting peaceful coexistence, social stability and security in Ukraine, say participants at the OSCE/ODIHR meeting
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
The role of interfaith dialogue in promoting peaceful coexistence, grounded in freedom of religion or belief for all in Ukraine was the focus of a national meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, in Kyiv on 8-9 December 2015.