News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Acting Head of OSCE Mission Cornelia Taylor visits Mitrovicë/Mitrovica region to engage with civil society and media
Publishing date: 24 April 2025
Today, the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Cornelia Taylor, visited Mitrovicë/Mitrovica region to engage with local organizations supporting people with disabilities and survivors of domestic violence, and to meet with women editors and journalists. The visit began at “Podrži Me”, an
OSCE Presence enhances prison authorities’ capacities on prisoners’ right to vote ahead of parliamentary elections in Albania
Publishing date: 24 April 2025
On 24 April 2025, in the lead-up to the parliamentary elections due on 11 May, the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the General Directorate of Prisons, organized a comprehensive training seminar for about 45 senior prison staff on prisoners’ right to vote. The purpose of this training was to support prison authorities to ensure the protection and facilitation of prisoners’ voting rights, in line with national laws and international standards.
Protecting media freedom is crucial to our democracies, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in first report to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 10 April 2025
VIENNA, 10 April 2025 — Protecting media freedom is crucial to our democracies and comprehensive security: this was a core message from the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Jan Braathu, during his first report to the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Spain holds closing meeting as Chair of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 9 April 2025
Spain held its closing plenary meeting as Chair of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) on 9 April.
Greater support for civil society needed to safeguard and promote the rights of Roma and Sinti communities, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 8 April 2025
WARSAW, 8 April 2025 – Support and understanding of the importance of civil society to protect and promote the rights of Roma and Sinti are crucial as the OSCE area continues to witness shrinking space and a significant reduction in funding opportunities for human rights and watchdog organizations focusing on the human rights situation of Roma and Sinti in the region, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on today’s International Roma Day.
124th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 3 April 2025
ERGNETI, 3 April 2025 – The 124th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) convened in Ergneti today, co-facilitated by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Christoph Späti, and the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), Bettina Patricia Boughani.
Statement by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process on the Joint Control Commission’s resumption of signing Protocols
Publishing date: 28 March 2025
HELSINKI/CHISINAU, 28 MARCH 2025- The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Lenk made the following statement after the Joint Control Commission (JCC) Co-Chairs on 27 March confirmed the removal of all checkpoints established by Tiraspol in the Security Zone in 2022 and approved the relevant protocols from the previous JCC meetings, pending from 2022: