News and press releases

SKOPJE, 19 September 2014 – Some 80 constitutional court judges from 21 European countries, representatives of the the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), the European Court of Human Rights, as well as legal practitioners from the country and abroad will participate at an OSCE-supported three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Court in Skopje...

ASHGABAT, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE and its role in international affairs were the focus of an OSCE-organized course that concluded today, for 60 students majoring in international relations and international law at the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry as well as the instructors from the Institute...

KYIV, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 26 October 2014 early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

A two-day seminar involving approximately 30 judges, lawyers and journalists on issues related to defamation and libel concluded on 16 September at the premises of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

COPENHAGEN, 18 September 2014 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and lead the short-term OSCE observer mission...

DUSHANBE, 18 September 2014 – The OSCE Border Management Staff College launched its first distance-learning course this week, with participants completing the first introductory segment today. The one-year course focuses on border security and management...

The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk continues to be tense. The main power plant in the Luhansk region was severely damaged as a result of shelling...