News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports police’s capacity to fight corruption
Publishing date: 15 March 2019
The OSCE Mission to Serbia handed over IT equipment to the Interior Ministry’s Anti-corruption Department on the occasion of its first anniversary, on 15 March 2019. The donation will contribute to enhancing the technical capacity of the department to conduct efficient and effective investigations of economic crime and corruption...
OSCE conducts seminar series on combating domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 March 2019
A series of three one-day training seminars and a public discussion on the legislative mechanisms regulating the police’s work in combating domestic violence concluded on 15 March 2019 in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Region...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports 25th meeting of Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan joint commission on transboundary Chu and Talas rivers management
Publishing date: 15 March 2019
An OSCE-supported meeting of the Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Use of Water Management Facilities of Intergovernmental Status on the Rivers Chu and Talas (Intergovernmental Commission) took place on 14 March 2019 in Taraz, Kazakhstan...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Hungary
Publishing date: 14 March 2019
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Hungary from 12 to 14 March 2019 to present the final report of ODIHR’s limited election observation mission for the parliamentary elections held in April last
Promoting freedom of religion or belief the focus of OSCE/ODIHR roundtable events in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 13 March 2019
Advancing the freedom of religion or belief for all was at the centre of discussion at roundtable events held in Sarajevo and Banja Luka on 12 and 13 March 2019, respectively. The events were organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Joining efforts to ensure successful police reform- OSCE and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry hold donor co-ordination meeting
Publishing date: 13 March 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry held on 12 March 2019 in Dushanbe a roundtable discussion with high-level representatives of the international donor community to raise funds for the successful implementation of police reform in Tajikistan...
Role of media in elections focus of OSCE-supported presentation in Montenegrin Parliament
Publishing date: 13 March 2019
The role of media monitoring and regulation, media coverage and the role and impact of social network platforms during elections was the focus of an OSCE Chairmanship-supported presentation by Slovak media expert Rastislav Kužel in the Montenegrin Parliament on 12 March 2019 in Podgorica...