News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Slovenia’s 2022 parliamentary elections: ODIHR election assessment mission final report
Publishing date: 5 December 2022
The April 2022 parliamentary elections in Slovenia were competitive and pluralistic. Contestants campaigned freely, and voters had a wide variety of choices across the political spectrum. During the election campaign, the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association were respected. However,
Head of Mission to Montenegro meets country’s Minister of Justice
Publishing date: 2 December 2022
On 2 December, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Dominique Waag met with the Minister of Justice Marko Kovač.
Improving the quality and accessibility of education in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2022
Meerim Abdykadyrova from the city of Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul province, improving speech therapy centre and elementary school "Birinchi Mugalim"
Call for joining forces to prevent a human trafficking crisis focus of side event at OSCE Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 1 December 2022
A strong and joint commitment to strengthening efforts to prevent and eradicate trafficking in human beings, amid the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II was at the centre of a side event held on the margins of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź, Poland, today.
Impact of war on children focus of side-event at 2022 Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 1 December 2022
Tackling the effects of armed conflict on children was the focus of a side-event held by the Belgian Chair of the Forum for Security Co-operation, in co-operation with Italy, Norway and Poland on 1 December 2022.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina visits Brčko
Publishing date: 1 December 2022
Head of the OSCE Mission (Mission) to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Ambassador Brian Aggeler, visited Brčko District today. Ambassador Aggeler met key local counterparts, including Brčko District Mayor Esed Kadrić, and Deputy Mayor, Anto Domić. The Ambassador discussed political developments in
Bosnia and Herzegovina experts design strategies to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 1 December 2022
Strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacity to counter the financing of terrorism was the topic of a four-day course, which concluded on 01 December in Sarajevo. The course was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.