News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports World Press Freedom Day conference
Publishing date: 3 May 2018
Journalists from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia took part in the international conference Freedom of Speech: Opportunities and Perspectives in the Region in Dushanbe on 3 May to mark World Press Freedom Day.
OSCE continues series of roundtable discussions on developing Kazakhstan’s Environmental Code
Publishing date: 30 April 2018
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan’s new Environmental Code concluded on 28 April 2018 in Astana...
Students from Mostar visit Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions in OSCE-supported study visit
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized a study visit for over 70 secondary school students and teachers from Mostar that concluded on 27 April 2018 in Sarajevo. The students visited the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Central Election Commission and Sarajevo City Hall.
OSCE resumes series of seminars on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The first in a series of four training seminars on human rights protection mechanisms for representatives of local administrations, law-enforcement bodies and civil society concluded on 27 April 2018 in the village of Kazakhstan, in the South Kazakhstan region.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes positive developments in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
VIENNA, 27 April 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed a number of positive steps for media freedom in Kyrgyzstan.
At OSCE-organized workshops, local actors from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River learn how to strengthen their capacity to coordinate anti-trafficking activities
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
More than 100 public servants and civil society representatives engaged in anti-trafficking activities on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, strengthened their capacities to protect and assist human trafficking victims at workshops conducted by the OSCE Mission to Moldova between 11 and 27 April 2018. The workshops, held in Chisinau, were organized in close co-operation with the Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.
Protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Representatives of the State Commission on Emergency Situations, military and law-enforcement bodies, the State Seismology Service under the Academy of Science, and relevant ministries discussed the protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards at an OSCE-organized seminar held in Ashgabat on 26 and 27 April 2018.