News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE launches training seminars on Environmental Impact Assessment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2021
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the development and implementation of an effective Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system in Kazakhstan in line with the Espoo Convention started on 19 May 2021...
OSCE supports training webinar on protection of businesses and investors from corruption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2021
An OSCE-supported half-day online training webinar on the protection of businesses and investors concluded on 14 May 2021 in Nur-Sultan...
Social re-use of confiscated assets focus of OSCE training courses for civil society organizations in Albania and North Macedonia
Publishing date: 19 May 2021
Strengthening the involvement of civil society organizations in the social re-use of assets confiscated from organized crime was the focus of two OSCE training courses held in Albania on 28 and 29 April 2021 and in North Macedonia on 17 and 18 May 2021.
Twenty Tajik border officers complete the second round of OSCE-EU organized operational planning course in Khujand city
Publishing date: 18 May 2021
Border officers of Tajikistan’s Border Troops completed a three-week training course on operational planning on 13 May in Khujand city. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the Border Troops organized the course which was funded by the European Union.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative deplores detention of journalists in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 May 2021
VIENNA, 17 May 2021 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, deplores the latest imprisonment of several journalists in Belarus.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports 12 local public broadcasters to strengthen their mobile journalism capacities
Publishing date: 17 May 2021
As part of its technical support to the media, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro provided 28 mobile journalism sets to the Union of Local Public Broadcasters (ULES) for 12 local media houses on 17 May 2021...
International strategies and best practices for community policing explored at OSCE workshop series in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 May 2021
Sharing international strategies and best practices from across the OSCE region is the aim of an OSCE workshop series for Armenia’s Ministry of Justice and police launched on 17 May 2021. The online workshops are designed to support Armenia’s implementation of police reforms by strengthening community policing strategies.