News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations with French authorities
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Paris on 21 and 22 February 2018 to present the recommendations from ODIHR’s final report on the 2017 presidential election in France. The report’s findings and
OSCE-organized workshop on establishing Advance Passenger Information system concludes in Prishtinë/Priština
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
A two-day workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and enhancing aviation security concluded on 22 February 2018 in Prishtinë/Priština. Representatives from all Kosovo agencies involved in passenger processing – 45 in total – as well as police and customs officials and members of the civil aviation authority, the Data Protection Agency and the Internal Affairs Ministry took part...
Results of the Transparency International Index for Albania are of serious concern, says OSCE Head of Presence Bernd Borchardt
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
Transparency International published the results of its Corruption Perceptions Index 2017 on 22 February 2018, ranking Albania the 91st among 180 countries and territories included in the index, a drop of eight places since 2016. Albania scored 38 out of 100 points...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe donates equipment and clothing to the Reception Referral Centre for Minors
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe donated winter clothing, table games, sports equipment as well as a refrigerator and a professional oven to the Reception Referral Centre for Minors on 21 February 2018 in Dushanbe.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and U.S. Department of State donate demining equipment to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence and Tajikistan National Mine Action Centre
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe held a ceremony to mark its donation of humanitarian demining equipment to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence and the National Mine Action Centre on 20 February 2018.
OSCE holds training course for young professionals on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
Publishing date: 19 February 2018
An OSCE-organized training course on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation was held for 50 young professionals from the OSCE region and the Organization’s Partners for Co-operation from 12 to 16 February in Vienna. The course was held in the framework of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security and jointly organized by the OSCE together with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.
Advancing Kyrgyz Republic’s national interests through security sector reform
Publishing date: 16 February 2018
The Rector of the Kyrgyz Presidential Academy of Public Administration, Almaz Nasyrov, participated in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the OSCE Permanent Council on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) on 14 February 2018 in Vienna, Austria.