News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates equipment to primary school for children with special needs
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, through its charitable programme Blossom Fund for Children, donated various teaching materials and technical equipment, books and games to the Dr. Zlatan Sremac Special Primary School in Skopje on 18 December 2014...
Prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština hold fourth meeting
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Fourteen prominent women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process,” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue...
OSCE/ODIHR report says undue restrictions to freedom of assembly persist
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
Some states continue to unduly restrict people’s ability to exercise their right to freedom of peaceful assembly in expressing their views, says a report on the monitoring of assemblies released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 17 December 2014.
OSCE Presence gives 2014 Award to Albanian organizations fighting child trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
The OSCE Presence in Albania has presented local civil society associations ARSIS and Children of the World and Albania the 2014 Presence’s Award for their contribution in assisting street children and fighting child trafficking at the ceremony in Tirana...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational reform for Serbian as a non-mother tongue language
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
As part of its programme on human rights and non-discrimination, the OSCE Mission to Serbia supported the first initial meeting of teachers and experts on 16 and 17 December 2014 in Belgrade on Serbian as a non-mother tongue language...
More efforts needed to address gender issues in conflict situations in Ukraine, say participants of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
More work is needed at the regional and local levels to address the needs and concerns of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations, said participants at the end of a three-day conference in Kyiv on 12 December 2014 focusing on Ukraine’s gender policy in the context of European integration and international commitments...
OSCE Presence in Albania concludes seminar series on newly-established administrative justice system
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
The OSCE Presence in Albania concluded a series of seminars in Tirana and Durrës in December 2014 on the newly-established administrative justice system in Albania...