News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Youth from minority communities in Georgia increasingly interested in learning Georgian through multilingual education, OSCE HCNM-commissioned study concludes
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
Young people from ethnic minority communities in Georgia are increasingly interested in learning the Georgian language as a means to improve their socio-economic opportunities, the “Research Study on Multilingual Education in Georgia” commissioned by the OSCE High Commissioner on National
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains border guards on patrol leadership course
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
DUSHANBE, 9 October 2015 – An OSCE-organized four-week training course on patrolling and leadership skills for 25 officers from Tajik Border Guard concluded today in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
OSCE supports series of training seminars on election legislation for administrative and local court judges in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
More than 200 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine participated at the OSCE-supported training seminars on review of election-related disputes, which held from 28 September to 9 October 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 7 October 2015
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations. The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions was relatively calm, although the SMM heard several explosions. In Luhansk region, the SMM received further withdrawal plans. Verification of withdrawal stipulated in the Addendum to the Package of measures was not scheduled for the reporting period...
OSCE Mission condemns violence in Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 8 October 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, condemned the violent acts in the Assembly of Kosovo today during the opposition’s efforts to block the proceedings...
OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe pilot online learning course on hate crime
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
"Distance Learning Course on Hate Crime," an online course designed for legal professionals, was launched today in Sarajevo, by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) programme.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports launch of Anti-trafficking Commission in Gagauzia
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
An event to launch the activities of a Territorial Commission on Anti-trafficking for the Autonomous Territorial Unit (ATU) of Gagauzia was held in Comrat on 6 October 2015 with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Members of the local Commission, the Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and representatives of the OSCE Mission to Moldova attended the event...