News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE builds the capacity of the Prosecutor General’s Office to implement criminal justice reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
Assisting the ongoing criminal justice reform in Kyrgyzstan is a priority of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz Government, with the aim to strengthen the rule of law...
Gender-responsive budgeting focus of OSCE-supported activities in Montenegrin institutions
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
On 14 October, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality, organized a workshop for 15 parliamentary staff from eight committees and the Bureau of Financial Affairs. The workshop focused on gender mainstreaming in budget planning, in policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, with special emphasis on gender analysis...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Albania
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report and recommendations of the observation mission to the 2019 local elections in Albania during a visit to Tirana from 14 to 17 October 2019.
Ways to improve the national mechanism of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims is the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop to discuss practical ways to improve the national legal and institutional mechanisms of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims in Moldova took place from 9 to 11 October 2019 in Chisinau. Thirty-five representatives of the justice, prosecution, health and finance state institutions, as well as relevant parliamentary committees participated in the event. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice.
Establishing Registration procedures for RYCO Local Branch Offices, focus of OSCE-supported regional meeting in Podgorica
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
A regional meeting on establishing registration procedures for local branch offices of the Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) was held on 14 October 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities meets new government in Ukraine, discusses integration and minority-related issues
Publishing date: 14 October 2019
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier visited Ukraine on 9 and 10 October 2019. Zannier discussed the integration of Ukraine’s diverse society with Education and Science Minister Hanna Novosad and Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Volodymyr Borodianskyi. He also met with
OSCE event: Tajik girls can and are able to engage in any kind of sports
Publishing date: 14 October 2019