News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received until 20 May, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...
OSCE trains administrative and local court judges on election legislation ahead of Ukraine’s early presidential and local vote
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), completed on 21 May 2014 a series of trainings on uniform interpretation of election legislation for administrative and local court judges, held jointly with the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and USAID “FAIR Justice” Project...
OSCE supports rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicted prisoners in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
From 19 to 21 May 2014, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek has supported a two-day training course for 20 staff of the “Atlantis” rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted prisoners located in seven penitentiary establishments around Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE public debate on political pluralism held in Balti in northern Moldova
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held on 20 May 2014 a new round of public debates on political pluralism in the context of decentralization and democratization of Moldova. The debates were held in the town of Balti in the north of the country...
OSCE Centre helps enhance local self-governance in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
A panel discussion on enhancing public participation in self-governance at the local level with a particular focus on citizens’ involvement in developing and implementing local budgets took place in Astana on 21 May 2014 within the framework of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine- based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 19 May (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 20 May 2014
In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...
OSCE-supported conference in Sarajevo takes stock of war crimes processing in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 20 May 2014
SARAJEVO, 20 May 2014 – Sixty-five judges, prosecutors and defence attorneys dealing with war crimes processing in South-Eastern Europe and wider Europe gathered at a two-day regional conference The role of national jurisdictions in implementation of international humanitarian law – law and practice which ended in Sarajevo today...