News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission launches report on property rights claims resolution in post-conflict Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 June 2020
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 16 June 2020- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo released today the Property Rights Mass-Claim Mechanism: Kosovo experience report, an evaluation of two decades of the handling of property cases arising after 1999...
OSCE organizes seminar on cyber security at home
Publishing date: 12 June 2020
An OSCE-supported seminar on staying safe in cyberspace was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan on 11 June 2020.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned by prison sentences against two journalists in Turkey, urges authorities to respect freedom of expression
Publishing date: 8 June 2020
VIENNA, 8 June 2020 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his dismay today over the prison sentences handed down to journalists Özgür Boğatekin and Metin Uca in Turkey.
OSCE-supported project on asset seizure, management and re-use in fight against organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe continues
Publishing date: 4 June 2020
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group held an online meeting, supported by the OSCE, on 3 June 2020...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina donates IT equipment to Home for Children without Parental Care “Dom porodica” in Zenica
Publishing date: 4 June 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as part of its wider initiative to support the country in its pandemic response, on 4 June 2020 in Zenica, provided IT equipment for the social protection institution “Dom porodica”, a home for children without parental care...
Students of Max van der Stoel Award from Jajce invest in their schools
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
On 3 June 2020, high school students from the Municipality of Jajce, represented by the Student Council of the Secondary Vocational School Jajce, handed over IT equipment for the Secondary Vocational School and “Nikola Sop” Secondary School, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
UN Office on Drugs and Crime and OSCE deliver online training course to enhance Turkmenistan’s capacities in countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
A three-day online training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Turkmenistan to counter terrorist financing was organized from 1 to 3 June 2020. Eighteen experts and practitioners from the Financial Monitoring Service under the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and of National Security, and the Prosecutor’s Office of Turkmenistan participated in the course...