News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with the Executive Director of the International Press Institute
Publishing date: 21 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 21 January 2021, with Executive Director of the International Press Institute, Barbara Trionfi, to discuss the media freedom situation across the OSCE region.
New members of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration appointed by Austria, Belarus and Portugal
Publishing date: 20 January 2021
Austria, Belarus and Portugal have renewed the mandates or, alternatively, appointed new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Court for new terms of six years after the previous mandates of their members expired.
European Union and OSCE support the start of construction works at Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense Training Centre
Publishing date: 20 January 2021
High-level representatives from Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoESCD), the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan participated in the official start of renovation work on the CoESCD Training Centre on 19 January 2021 in Karatag, Shahrinav district. The renovation will turn the CoESCD Training Centre into a facility providing training where the Committee will be able to strengthen the capacity of responders on how to react to natural disasters in border regions.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Portuguese Ambassador
Publishing date: 18 January 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met today, 18 January 2021, with Ambassador Jorge Lobo de Mesquita to discuss the situation of media freedom in Portugal.
OSCE train-the-trainer regional seminar to build capacities of women civil society leaders in Central Asia to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 15 January 2021
A regional train-the-trainers seminar is guiding twenty future facilitators (18 women, 2 men) in learning how to train women leaders in civil society to prevent violent extremism. The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized the seminar in co-operation with OSCE field operations in Central Asia...
OSCE holds online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for criminal justice practitioners in Albania
Publishing date: 7 January 2021
An OSCE-organized three-day online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for beneficiaries in Albania concluded on 7 January 2021.
OSCE holds online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for criminal justice practitioners in Albania
Publishing date: 7 January 2021
An OSCE-organized three-day online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for beneficiaries in Albania concluded on 7 January 2021. The Office of the Coordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the Transnational Threats Department