News and press releases

Best practices in conducting undercover operations to investigate corruption at border crossings were explored during a working visit of more than 30 members of the Regional Anti-corruption Platform from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine to the Anti-corruption General Directorate of Romania’s Interior Ministry in Bucharest on 25 and 26 November 2019...

SARAJEVO, 26 November 2019 – On 25 November, the OSCE launched a campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries across South-Eastern and Eastern Europe during the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence. The campaign aims to end the silence on violence against women (VAW) by informing the public about the alarming situation, raising awareness of the extent of the problem and offering solutions.

At the initiative of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality, the Montenegrin Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the Government’s intention to pilot gender responsive budgeting in the next cycle of the agro budget within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The initiative, supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, was presented at a press conference on 26 November 2019 in Podgorica...

TIRANA, 25 November 2019 – Today, on the first day of the Annual 16 Days of Activism on against Gender-Based Violence, the OSCE is launching an awareness raising campaign in Albania entitled “End the Silence”. The campaign will take place during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

SKOPJE, 25 November 2019 – Contributing to the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will launch a new campaign titled ‘End the Silence’. It aims to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women (VAW), focusing primarily on the rights of women.

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2019 – The OSCE Mission published today a report on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Kosovo, which provides detailed data on the patterns of violence against women, attitudes towards gender roles and the impact of violence in the lives of the women affected.

The Alternative Report to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee was presented at a round table that concluded on 21 November in Bishkek...