News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on Media Freedom and Gender Equality
Publishing date: 8 March 2021
The first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of 2021 will provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and other executive structures, and a variety of international organizations, civil society and other stakeholders on the implementation of commitments related to the promotion of media freedom and gender equality...
Twenty Tajik border officers complete the first round of OSCE-EU organized operational planning course
Publishing date: 5 March 2021
Twenty border officers from Tajikistan’s Border Troops completed a three-week operational planning course on 5 March 2021 in the Hamadoni district of the Khatlon region. The course was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the Border Troops and funded by the European Union.
98th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 5 March 2021
ERGNETI- On 5 March 2021, the 98th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Annika Söder, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ergneti IPRM was accompanied by all necessary precautionary health measures.
OSCE Presence organizes event on performance of six Local Safety Councils in Albania
Publishing date: 4 March 2021
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized an online meeting, on 4 March 2021, to present the findings of an evaluation report on Local Safety Councils (LSCs) in six targeted municipalities...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 03 March 2021
Publishing date: 4 March 2021
KYIV, 03 March 2021 — The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 02 March 2021
Publishing date: 2 March 2021
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 decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organizes international conference marking the 10th anniversary of the OSCE Astana Summit
Publishing date: 1 March 2021
An OSCE-supported international online conference “OSCE Astana Summit 2010: Historical Significance and Relevance” was held on 19 February 2021. The event was organized by the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation (Elbasy), together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan.