News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports regional seminar in Kazakhstan on water management
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on water governance aimed at promoting regional co-operation through the exchange of knowledge and experience began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan....
Preventive diplomacy and negotiation in neutral states in focus of OSCE seminars in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
ASHGABAT, 23 September 2015- Thirty young diplomats from the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan completed today an OSCE-organized a seminar on preventive diplomacy and negotiation in a neutral state held on 21-23 September...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will not send observers to Azerbaijan if ODIHR does not, says PA President
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) decided last week that no OSCE PA delegation will deploy to observe the 1 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, in line with an earlier decision made by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 21 September 2015
Publishing date: 22 September 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 remained relatively calm with no ceasefire violations recorded by the SMM. The SMM observed tensions but no incidents during the blockade of the three crossing points to Crimea...
Recommendations for enhanced participation of associations in public decision-making processes launched at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions (ODIHR) released a set of civil society recommendations aimed at promoting the greater involvement of associations in public decision making on 22 September 2015, during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
Environmental challenges in Skadar Lake area in focus at OSCE cross-border seminar for Montenegrin and Albanian journalists
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and OSCE Presence in Albania organized a joint seminar for Montenegrin and Albanian journalists on environmental challenges in the Shkodra/Skadar Lake area on 16-18 September 2015. The seminar started in Shkodra, Albania and continued in Virpazar, Montenegro including a visit to the nearby Aluminum Plant.
Join Communiqué of the high-level Forum on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
On the occasion of the OSCE-organized and UNHCR-supported High-level Forum on Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons from Kosovo, the participating institutions, led by Minister Dalibor Jevtić (Pristina), Director Marko Đurić (Belgrade), Minister Zorica Kovačević (Podgorica) and State Secretary Enver Husejin (Skopje), confirmed strong support for continuing inter-institutional co-operation and endorsed proposals for the scope and focus of future joint work to address the needs of those displaced.