News and press releases

Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report on Georgia’s 2021 local elections during a visit to Tbilisi that took place from 31 October to 3 November 2022.

On 2 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a second webinar for cadets and lecturers from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. The purpose of this initiative is to raise awareness about key trends and developments in contemporary policing among students and staff of the Academy.

WARSAW/VIENNA, 31 October 2022 – Following the lack of consensus by the OSCE Permanent Council to extend the mandates of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, due to the position of the Russian Federation, the OSCE is closing these two field operations today.

A second specialized training on operative essentials for anti-corruption officers was held in Yerevan from 25 to 28 October 2022. The training, which focused on the effective investigation of corruption, was hosted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) with the support of the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia (ACC).

Some thirty students and teachers of the Turkmen State Energy Institute in Mary participated in an OSCE-organized seminar on green energy diplomacy that took place on 26 and 27 October 2022. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day event to discuss various aspects of renewable energy

From 24 to 27 October, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a course on requesting electronic evidence across borders in Tashkent, in close co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Academy of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes visit to Mongolia