News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova removes obsolete pesticides from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 25 May 2022
Today, twenty tons of obsolete Soviet-era pesticides were safely transported from Transdniestria to be disposed of in Germany. This is first of three truckloads to be removed during the final phase of a multi-year project, with the financial and technical support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova.
OSCE Presence in Albania supports National Bureau of Investigation in strengthening investigative capacities
Publishing date: 24 May 2022
On 24 May, the OSCE Presence in Albania wrapped up a three-day training programme for 16 newly selected and vetted National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) investigators. The training programme aimed at boosting up the overall capacities of the newly-established NBI to conduct criminal investigations
OSCE/UN Roundtable calls for strengthening protection of children against violence, including trafficking, amid the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Publishing date: 21 May 2022
Strengthening protection of Ukrainian children against any form of violence, including trafficking, was the focus of the roundtable organized on 20 May 2022 by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro congratulates citizens on Independence Day
Publishing date: 21 May 2022
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro congratulates citizens of Montenegro on its Independence Day, 21 May.
OSCE trains Central Asian law enforcement experts to combat cybercrime through open source digital forensics
Publishing date: 20 May 2022
Law enforcement experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have improved their capacity to fight cybercrime through a training course organized on 16-20 May by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
25th Anniversary this year, but not the time for celebrations, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
VIENNA, 19 May 2022 – Even though the Mandate she holds sees its 25th Anniversary this year, there is nothing to celebrate, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro in her bi-annual statement to the members of the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Georgia law students win ODIHR’s first moot court competition on the rights of people with disabilities
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
A team of law students from the Free University of Tbilisi has won the final of the moot court competition on the rights of people with disabilities hosted in Warsaw today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The competition was the first of its kind organized by