News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Interior Ministry hosted a regional conference in Skopje from 27 to 28 November 2014, raising awareness among relevant actors from Criminal Justice System on the need for holistic police reform...

More than fifty representatives from 30 non-governmental organizations and eight OSCE field operations exchanged experiences in applying trial-monitoring methodologies at the Annual Trial Monitoring Meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) between 26 and 28 November 2014 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

A two-day seminar for some 50 prison officers on preventing violent extremism and radicalization in prisons took place at the Penitentiary Administration Training Centre in Bishkek on 25-26 November 2014...

The deteriorating situation for journalists’ safety and the growing phenomenon of propaganda pose serious threats to free media, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months...

In an effort to strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-religious tolerance and understanding, from 5 to 27 November 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized three study visits to cultural and religious sites for high school students from Dragash/Dragaš and Prizren municipalities...

Five Ambassadors to the OSCE were honoured today by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for their efforts to promote gender equality both within the Organization and in the OSCE region...

As part of the OSCE-supported project promoting anti-corruption measures, a high level conference titled “Requirements and Practice in the Implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Provisions on Prevention and Asset Recovery” took place in Skopje on 27 November 2014...