News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports first aid and evacuation of wounded course as part of explosive ordnance disposal work
Publishing date: 12 March 2018
A two-week training course on first aid and evacuation of wounded started on 5 March 2018 in Dushanbe. The course is organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe as part of its programme on the disposal of explosive ordnance...
Criminal conviction of Hungarian journalist sets dangerous precedent and can further limit media freedom, warns OSCE representative Désir
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
VIENNA, 9 March 2018 – “Journalistic work should never be criminalized,” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir said today in reaction to the conviction of Hungarian journalist Gergely Nyilas, who reported about migration.
Opportunities for rural women in the age of digitalization discussed at OSCE events
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
Opportunities for increased economic participation by rural women through the use of modern IT tools, such as mobile phones and Internet-based communication, was the focus of two events held in Vienna on 6 March 2018.
Opportunities for rural women in the age of digitalization discussed at OSCE events
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
Opportunities for increased economic participation by rural women through the use of modern IT tools, such as mobile phones and Internet-based communication, was the focus of two events held in Vienna on 6 March 2018.
ODIHR shares expertise with Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Electoral Reform in Albania
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is providing assistance to the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Electoral Reform in following up on ODIHR electoral recommendations. As part of this assistance, the team, during a visit to Tirana from 7 to
OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with State Election Commission trains polling board trainers in preparation for presidential election
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in close collaboration with the State Election Commission (SEC) organized a two-day refresher training course for 25 trainers on 7 and 8 March 2018 in Podgorica...
Joint OSCE-UNODC regional training course on cryptocurrencies, darknet and open-source investigations concludes in Tirana
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
Enhancing the knowledge and skills of criminal justice practitioners from South-Eastern Europe in investigating cryptocurrencies and the darknet and using open-source intelligence methods was the focus of a one-week training course jointly delivered by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from 5 to 9 March 2018 at the Albanian Security Academy in Tirana...