News and press releases

The Espoo Convention on the Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and experiences of its implementation were in focus of a two-day OSCE-organized online seminar, which took place on 27 and 28 April 2023.  The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day event to raise

President Decaux and Vice-President Kourula of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, presented the Court and its features at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s (PA) International Secretariat in Copenhagen on 25 April.

As part of the OSCE project Addressing Security and Safety Risks of Illegal Possession, Misuse and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their Ammunition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the OSCE Mission to BiH donated 11 new vehicles for transport of K9 police dogs to law enforcement

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported the Bosnia and Herzegovina High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council conferences of chief prosecutors and of court presidents, organized in Sarajevo on 26 and 27 April.

On 17 April 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe launched its first training course on Operational Planning for twenty border officers of the Tajik Border Troops in Dushanbe. The course is a key activity of the Patrol Field Capacity Building of the Tajik Border Troops- Phase II project which will run through 2023 and 2024.

The need to reflect on both the immediate and long-term consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine was highlighted by Ambassador Emilia Kraleva, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the OSCE, at the Opening Session of the Bulgarian Chairpersonship of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC).

SARAJEVO, 26 April 2023 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today launched a report on learning and teaching on the period of 1992-1995 in primary schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, “History Teaching Materials on 1992-1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Building Trust or Deepening Divides?”.