News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Media role in elections in focus of third workshop organized by OSCE Presence in Albania, Central Election Commission
Publishing date: 18 November 2024
In view of Albania's upcoming 2025 parliamentary elections, the OSCE Presence and the Central Election Commission (CEC) organized a technical workshop titled “Elections 2025: The role of media in the electoral process – Challenges and opportunities”, on 18 November 2024.
OSCE PCUz holds roundtable with Constitutional Court on expert analysis of the framework for constitutional review in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 18 November 2024
On 18 November 2024, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in collaboration with the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, held a roundtable to discuss an expert analysis of the legal framework for constitutional review in Uzbekistan. The roundtable, titled “Key Theses
OSCE promotes intelligence-led policing to strengthen efforts against crime in Moldova
Publishing date: 18 November 2024
From 11 to 15 November, the OSCE gathered representatives from Moldova's General Police Inspectorate in a series of meetings to strengthen national policing strategies through an intelligence-led policing (ILP) framework.
Kyrgyzstan at COP29: OSCE-supported eco-performance ADAM debuted in Baku, Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
On 12–13 November 2024, ADAM (“Human” in Kyrgyz), an ecological performance, took the stage at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Supported by the OSCE, this performance aimed to promote environmental protection through the transformative power of art.
OSCE-led Mobile Training Team marks year one of deployments achieving local ownership milestone in Albania
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
The OSCE-led Mobile Training Team (MTT), a group of 24 border security and counter-terrorism experts from across the OSCE region, met for the second Annual Review Meeting from 11 to 13 November in Tirana, Albania. This was followed by a training workshop for the Albanian Border and Migration Police and Security Training Academy on 14 and 15 November.
OSCE regional seminar promotes development of green energy in Central Asia
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
Representatives of environmental and energy ministries and institutions from five Central Asian countries shared best practices in green energy transition at an OSCE-organized regional seminar that took place on 14 and 15 November 2024. The seminar, hosted by the State Energy Institute of
Role of gender-sensitive prevention and exit programmes focus on OSCE webinar on International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime
Publishing date: 15 November 2024
To mark the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against all Forms of Transnational Organized Crime on 15 November, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) held a webinar to discuss the role of women in organized criminal groups. The webinar brought together over x participants including policymakers, criminal justice practitioners, academia and civil society.