News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar addresses interaction between state institutions and media in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Representatives of key ministries and government bodies and journalists from online, print and broadcast media participated in a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on 3 and 4 March 2020 on the efficient interaction between state institutions and the media...
Belarus early parliamentary elections 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Following the early parliamentary elections in Belarus on 17 November 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. The report offers 32 recommendations to improve the conduct of elections and increase the transparency of and public
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 March 2020
Publishing date: 3 March 2020
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
ODIHR opens election observation mission in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 3 March 2020
SKOPJE, 3 March 2020 – Following an invitation from the country’s authorities, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 12 April early parliamentary elections in North Macedonia...
OSCE PA President urges international response and sustainable solution to Turkish-Greek border situation, as envoy visits Athens
Publishing date: 3 March 2020
COPENHAGEN, 3 March 2020 – Regarding developments on the Turkish-Greek border, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli today called for greater co-ordination between Turkey and European Union Member States to mitigate the situation and to pursue a sustainable solution...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime train Tajik officials to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 March 2020
A four-day training course on disrupting the financing of terrorist networks concluded on 28 February 2020 in Dushanbe. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in co-operation with UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Regional Office for Central Asia and the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Action against Terrorism Unit organized the course.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative publishes legal analysis of draft Ukrainian media law, with recommendations to authorities
Publishing date: 2 March 2020
VIENNA, 2 March 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, published today a legal analysis of the Draft Law of Ukraine “On Media”. This draft law was recently registered in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament)...