News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar discusses creation and development of free economic zones in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 November 2022
The benefits and challenges of the functioning of free economic zones (FEZ) were addressed at an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 10 and 11 November 2022 in Ashgabat. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day event to support the host country’s efforts aimed at enhancing an
OSCE supports participating States in the fight against transnational organized crime and corruption through targeted asset recovery training
Publishing date: 11 November 2022
From 7 to 10 November, 21 criminal justice practitioners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine gathered in Dubrovnik for a training course on mutual legal assistance and international co-operation in asset recovery.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Brian Aggeler, visited Mostar today
Publishing date: 10 November 2022
Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, visited Mostar today where he met with the Mission’s counterparts in the city administration, Mayor Mario Kordić and Mostar City Council Speaker Salem Marić.
OSCE holds workshop on development of gender-based violence curriculum for law enforcement in Belgrade
Publishing date: 10 November 2022
On 10 November 2022, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department held a national workshop dedicated to updating the national curriculum for law enforcement on gender-based violence (GBV) in Belgrade. This is the second workshop organized at the national level within the project “Enhancing Criminal Justice Capacities for Combating Gender-based Violence in South-Eastern Europe”, and it was accomplished with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Ministry of Interior.
ODIHR experts present final report on Kyrgyzstan’s 2021 parliamentary elections in Bishkek
Publishing date: 10 November 2022
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report of ODIHR’s Election Observation Mission to the November 2021 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on 28 October 2022. The experts discussed the report’s findings and
OSCE-supported event enhances efforts of Central Asia and Mongolia to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 9 November 2022
From 8 to 10 November, 55 representatives of relevant ministries and state agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as well as representatives of international organizations took part in the peer-review meeting in Istanbul on the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR1540) on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and means of their delivery.
XIII Review Conference on Implementation of Dayton Article IV Agreement held today
Publishing date: 8 November 2022
The parties to the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, under the chairmanship of Serbia, held the XIII Review Conference on the Implementation of the Dayton Article IV Agreement on 8 November 2022.