News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Effectiveness through flexible procedures: International conciliation in focus at colloquium organized by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within OSCE
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Conciliation in international law as a means to peacefully resolve disputes between states was the focus of a colloquium held on 11 and 12 October 2018 in Geneva by the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE in co-operation with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies...
Deactivation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in focus of the OSCE Workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Montenegro has made substantial progress in the last decade in reducing its stockpiles of arms and ammunition, thereby cutting the risks they pose to citizens and the environment, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Maryse Daviet as she opened a two-day regional workshop in Podgorica on 29 October 2018 on the deactivation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in line with the international standards...
OSCE co-organizes international conference on challenges and approaches to security co-operation in Astana
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
New challenges and approaches to regional and global security in Central Asia were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference held in Astana on 26 October 2018...
OSCE concludes training seminar in Kazakhstan on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering cybercrime for representatives of Kazakhstan’s governmental institutions and law-enforcement agencies concluded on 26 October 2018 in Astana...
Combatting illicit trafficking in cultural property focus of OSCE-organized Turkmen-Afghan workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
An OSCE-organized joint Turkmen-Afghan workshop on combating illicit trafficking in cultural property concluded on 25 October 2018 in Ashgabat.
OSCE organizes intensive training course in Madrid on border management for its Mediterranean Points of Contact Network
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to migration and border security. The course was held from 22 to 26 October 2018 at the premises of the International Co-operation Division of the Spanish National Police in Madrid...
High fine threatening closure of online Russian news outlet is detrimental to freedom of media, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 October 2018
VIENNA, 27 October 2018- Today, following a court decision to impose an extremely high fine on The New Times online news outlet, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, called on authorities of the Russian Federation to protect freedom of the media and preserve pluralism of opinion in the country as an essential element of an open and democratic society.