News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE provides further support to improve housing for vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro participated on 18 May 2017 in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of 51 apartments in Konik Camp, Podgorica, financed under the Regional Housing Programme (RHP)...
OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine starts series of trainings on psychological rehabilitation of conflict-affected populations
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine began training psychologists and social service providers in the psychological rehabilitation of conflict-affected populations on 17 and 18 May in Mariupol, Donetsk Region. This is the first in a series of events piloting the training course and manual developed in 2016 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the request of Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy...
Legal professionals, academics discuss OSCE/ODIHR approach to combating hate crime at workshop in Milan
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A group of 20 legal professionals – prosecutors, judges and justices of the peace – and academics discussed the important role of the criminal justice system in addressing hate crimes at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 May 2017
OSCE trains border guards on travel document security and identification in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar for 30 border guards on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Astana on 19 May 2017...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds workshop on role of youth in the prevention of terrorism
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A three-day interactive workshop on the role of youth in positive messaging against Violent Extremism and Radicalisation Leading to Terrorism (VERLT) concluded on 19 May 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation debates need to reinforce efforts to prevent uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The mobilization of the international community is vital for combating the uncontrolled proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW), said speakers in the session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on 17 May 2017 in Vienna...
Meeting Foreign Minister of Tunisia, OSCE Secretary General confirms strong OSCE Mediterranean Partnership
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The fruitful relationship the OSCE and Tunisia have developed in the context of the OSCE’s Mediterranean Partnership and the challenges Tunisia is facing in its current efforts to consolidate its democracy in an unsettled international environment were discussed during a meeting between OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui in Vienna on 17 May 2017.