News and press releases

A workshop on the prevention of early forced marriages, organized by The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, was conducted in Tivat, Montenegro, on 29 September 2017.

An OSCE-wide Seminar on Passenger Data Exchange for counter-terrorism and border security officers from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation was held on 28 and 29 September 2017 in Vienna...

A new publication highlighting good practices in identity management, both in providing evidence of identity in the issuance of travel documents and identity cards and in ensuring access to economic, civil and political rights, was launched at an event in Vienna on 29 September 2017. The Compendium

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a two-day workshop on strategic planning for some 15 members and service staff of the State Election Commission (SEC) on 28 and 29 September 2017 in Podgorica...

Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life was the focus of an OSCE Mission to Skopje-organized workshop that took place on 28 September 2017 in Skopje.

While concluding that political parties were able to campaign freely in Albania’s 25 June 2017 parliamentary elections and that fundamental freedoms were respected, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) notes in its  final report an overall lack of public trust in the

An OSCE-supported two-day regional conference on major trends and developments in the media in Central Asia, entitled #MediaCA, concluded on 28 September 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.