News and press releases

A half-day roundtable expert discussion to enhance the technical capacity on dam safety of the newly-established “State Service for Supervision over Hydro Technical Facilities” under the Government of Tajikistan was supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 6 May 2015. This activity was jointly conducted with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)...

DUSHANBE, 08 May 2015 – A five-day training on Crime Scene Examination and Forensic Recovery of Evidence for the law enforcement agencies concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Aarhus centres in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launched today the Environmental Reporting Award for broadcast, print, and online media with the topic: "Raising awareness about the good practices of disaster risk management in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.”...

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 continued to observe ceasefire violations in and around the area of Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne. In Odessa the SMM observed approximately 100 protesters threatening to storm the office of the Department of Internal Security...

BELGRADE, 7 May 2015- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić welcomed the successful launching of working groups under the auspices of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG). Yesterday’s TCG meeting in Minsk was convened to inaugurate the activities of the working groups established in line with point 13 of the Package of Measures on the Implementation of Minsk Agreements...

BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting a three-day study tour to Georgia for Kyrgyz Government press officers to enhance their professional capacity in transparent communications policies development and implementation of access to information legislation starting today...

YEREVAN, 7 May 2015 – In an effort to promote collaboration amongst women’s resource centres, the OSCE Office in Yerevan hosted a delegation from European Association of Women Resource Centres (WINNET) Europe...