News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Missions to Montenegro and Skopje support bilateral protocol on fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a first working meeting between the institutions of Montenegro and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in charge of drafting a protocol on co-operation between the two countries in the fight against human trafficking. The meeting was held from 30 October to 1 November 2017 in Skopje...
OSCE and European Broadcasting Union train Albania’s RTSH journalists on online media and social networks
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
An intensive training course on online media and the use of social networks was held by the OSCE Presence in Albania in close co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for 15 journalists and editors of the Albanian public broadcaster, RTSH, from 31 October to 2 November at the premises of RTSH in Tirana.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports call for proposals by Regional Youth Co-operation Office of the Western Balkans on regional reconciliation projects
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported the local branch of the Regional Youth Co-operation Office of the Western Balkans (RYCO) on 1 November 2017 in bringing together representatives from more than 40 NGOs at the premises of the Youth Centre in Podgorica...
Political party regulation in the context of rising populism the topic of ODIHR expert meetings in Warsaw
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
Experts on political parties from across the OSCE region took part in a meeting on political party regulation organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 2 and 3 November 2017. The meeting was followed by a roundtable discussion on 4 November
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes ground-breaking decision to open bridge over Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VIENNA/CHISINAU, 3 November 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim, today welcomed the decision by the sides on opening the Gura Bicului-Bychok bridge in Moldova. The bridge connects both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River and has not been in operation since the 1992 conflict...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expresses concern on detention and situation of Russian journalist Igor Rudnikov
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VALLETTA, 3 November 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern regarding the detention of and reports of violence against journalist Igor Rudnikov in Kaliningrad in the Russian Federation and called on the authorities to release him...
OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Serbia
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Belgrade on 1 and 2 November 2017 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the presidential election in Serbia on 2 April 2017. The report’s