News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative lauds Norwegian Supreme Court’s ruling preventing seized journalistic material from being used in terrorism investigation
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
VIENNA, 24 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Norway requiring police to return footage of radicalized Norwegian youth that was seized from a film-maker in Oslo...
Serbian Prime Minister inaugurates OSCE-supported multilingual university department in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić officially inaugurated the permanent premises of the Bujanovac Department of the Subotica Faculty of Economics of the Novi Sad University on 17 November 2015, marking another milestone in a long-term OSCE project to promote multilingual and multi-ethnic
OSCE supports public dialogue on results of 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
BISHKEK, 24 November 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today organized a public discussion on the results of the 4 October 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the lessons learnt and ways of further improving election-related legislation and electoral administration in the country...
OSCE trains officials in Kazakhstan on assessing corruption risks
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
ASTANA, 24 November 2015 – Best practices in reducing corruption are the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Astana...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains children on human rights
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
More than 50 school children from all over Ukraine were trained on human rights principles, from 19 to 20 November 2015 in Odesa, during the events organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Office of the Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 22 November 2015
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
The SMM observed a number of explosions and gunfire in Donetsk and Luhansk region; on 22 November, it recorded an increase of ceasefire violations around Donetsk airport. The SMM followed up on media reports of explosions damaging power supply pylons and subsequent disruption of power supply across the administrative boundary line between Kherson region and Crimea. Events marking the second anniversary of Maidan events were held across the country...
OSCE supports training course on gender equality for university students in Montenegro
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
Standards in gender equality, the relevant legal framework, gender-sensitive language, the portrayal of women in the media, and the representation of women in political life were the focus of a training course for university students in Podgorica, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 20-21 November 2015...