News and press releases

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, have expressed concern over the attack early this morning on the offices of the KoSSev news portal in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North...

BISHKEK, 11 June 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports a one-day international conference on parliamentary democracy development organized by the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic taking place today in Bishkek...

The use of online technologies for visa facilitation was the focus of a regional expert roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, on 10 and 11 June 2015 in Istanbul.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 11 June 2015 – A two-day regional workshop on combating cybercrime began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

Kyrgyz Diplomatic Academy under the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kyrgyzstan, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, is hosting the regional summer school for junior diplomats entitled “Diplomacy of the 21st Century: Central Asia in the Context of Globalization” in Issyk-Kul, northern Kyrgyzstan, from 7-17 June 2015...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed an increased number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk area. The SMM visited the area of Shyrokyne for the first time since 14 May...

The 18th annual Cetinje Parliamentary Forum on Women in Business was held on 8 and 9 June 2015 bringing together parliamentarians from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. The Forum was organized by the Parliament of Montenegro and supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Gender Task Force of Montenegro and the Regional Co-operation Council...