News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Regional efforts to engage men and boys on gender equality need to be strengthened, conclude experts at OSCE MenEngage expert meeting
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
The importance of involving men alongside women to move forward in achieving gender equality was the focus of an OSCE-organized MenEngage expert meeting on 24 November 2017 in Vienna.
OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing presented to public security officials from Central Asia in Astana
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
The OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) was promoted in Astana, Kazakhstan, during a regional event which brought together some 30 representatives of the public security sector from Central Asian countries on 28 November 2017...
OSCE supports roundtable on promoting women’s empowerment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the economic empowerment and political participation of women took place on 28 November 2017 in Astana.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains state administration employees on anti-discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
The sixth training course of the seventh cycle on anti-discrimination was organized for 25 employees of the state administration by Montenegro’s Ministry for Human and Minority Rights in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 27 and 28 November 2017 in Bečići. This training course dealt with preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity...
Tajik law enforcement officers complete OSCE training course on risk management analysis
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
A five-day training course organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on risk management analysis for officers from law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan concluded on 24 November 2017...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Germany’s parliamentary elections recommends strengthening campaign finance provisions
Publishing date: 27 November 2017
While noting public confidence in Germany’s political and campaign finance system, the final report on the country’s 24 September 2017 parliamentary elections issued by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 27 November 2017, recommends particular measures to
OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Harlem Désir calls on Bulgarian authorities to protect journalists
Publishing date: 27 November 2017
VIENNA, 27 November –The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir called upon Bulgarian authorities today to take urgent measures to protect journalists and the publisher of the regional news website Zov News...