News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes discussion on sustainable development in Kyrgyz regions
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
BISHKEK, 1 October 2014 – The Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and implemented by ecological movement ‘BIOM’, gathered some 60 representatives from Talas and Issyk-Kul province, district administrators and the Ministry’s officials for a one-day workshop to discuss strategic planning for sustainable development at the local level, today in Bishkek...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 08:00 (Moscow time), on 1 October 2014
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) is operating at full capacity. Cross-border traffic flows remained steady at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs) and the total number of border-crossings has slightly increased. Similar to the previous week, more people left the Russian Federation (RF) for Ukraine at the two observed BCPs. Regular local and long-distance bus connections are now operating between cities in the RF and the Luhansk region. The OM observed again considerable numbers of persons in camouflage clothing crossing the border...
Balancing the need to protect identity and promote integration in education
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
How can States, policy-makers and educators find an appropriate balance between protecting identity and promoting integration in schools? This question was the focus of a side event organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting on 29 September 2014...
Cross-Border Co-operation against Corruption and Money Laundering in focus of OSCE-led workshop
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
VIENNA, 1 October 2014 – Three-day workshop on Cross-Border Co-operation against Corruption and Money Laundering involving officials from OSCE participating States in Central Asia, South Caucasus and Eastern Europe as well as international experts started today in Vienna...
OSCE supported training on election legislation for administrative and local court judges ahead of Ukraine’s early parliamentary vote
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
More than 450 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine were trained to review election-related disputes at a series of seminars held from 17 September to 1 October 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine...
OSCE PA Autumn Meeting opens Friday, featuring Ukraine debate and address by OSCE Chair-in-Office
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting, bringing together more than 450 participants from more than 50 countries, opens Friday, 3 October in Geneva, Switzerland...
OSCE contributes to reinforcing human rights in Armed Forces of Armenia
Publishing date: 1 October 2014