News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Norway to gain first-hand insight into the country’s management of diversity
Publishing date: 13 November 2023
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Norway from 6 to 10 November 2023.
Greater efforts needed to halt alarming rise in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 13 November 2023
WARSAW, 13 November 2023 – Hate crimes have been rising in many OSCE countries over the last month, severely impacting the security of Jewish and Muslim communities and threatening to undermine the stability of our societies, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with Ministry of Interior, launches a reflection about a reform on high education for police officers
Publishing date: 10 November 2023
On 8 and 9 November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry of Interior organized an international conference in Budva that brought together representatives from the Ministry, Police Directorate, Police Academy and University of Montenegro. Five higher education institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Serbia and Slovenia were invited and presented their educational models in creating an institution that could grant a university degree for police officers.
OSCE seminar discusses development of small and medium enterprises in the field of agriculture in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 November 2023
An OSCE-organized two-day seminar on the development of small and medium enterprises (SMES) in the field of agriculture took place on 8 and 9 November 2023 in Ashgabat. The event addressed the role of SMEs in the rural development and ensuring food security and highlighted best practices of the
OSCE seminar addresses financial instruments of securities market in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 November 2023
International standards and best practices of the OSCE participating States in the development and functioning of the effective capital market were presented during an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 7 November 2023. International experts focused on the development and functioning of the
Reduction of methane emissions in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 November 2023
Representatives of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan, State Concerns “Turkmengas” and “Turkmenoil” participated in an OSCE-organized seminar on monitoring and scientific research on the reduction of methane emissions that took place on 6 and 7 November 2023. The two-day online event aimed
OSCE organizes joint field visits to humanitarian demining sites in Vahdat and Garm
Publishing date: 3 November 2023
Between 30 October and 3 November 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe’s Integrated Cooperation on Explosive Hazards Programme (ICExH) together with the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense organized the first joint field visits to humanitarian demining sites in the Vahdat and Garm regions of Tajikistan.