News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Corruption as a security threat focus of specialized OSCE course in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 21 April 2017
A two-day specialized security policy course focused on corruption and its implications for security, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Inter-Ministerial Working Group for Monitoring the Implementation of the Security Policy of BiH, concluded on 21 April 2017 in Sarajevo...
OSCE supports second workshop and roundtable discussion on women’s economic empowerment in Kazakhstan’s rural areas
Publishing date: 21 April 2017
An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion and workshop on promoting rural entrepreneurship for women of the South Kazakhstan Region concluded on 21 April 2017 in Shymkent...
International seminar on combating new psychoactive substances organized by OSCE in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2017
An OSCE-supported two-day international seminar aimed at countering the illicit trafficking of new psychoactive substances concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 21 April 2017...
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents evaluation report of its training courses for police on the Law on Criminal Procedure
Publishing date: 20 April 2017
The OSCE Mission to Skopje on 20 April 2017 presented the findings and recommendations of an evaluation of the OSCE’s training courses for police on the Law on Criminal Procedure, which were conducted between 2011 and 2015...
Implementation of minimum standards for treatment of prisoners discussed at OSCE/ODIHR regional consultation in Warsaw
Publishing date: 20 April 2017
The implementation of the revised minimum standard rules for the treatment of prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) was the focus of a meeting of practitioners in the OSCE region held on 19 and 20 April 2017 in Warsaw.
OSCE Mission facilitates discussion on local action plans for inclusion of Roma and Egyptian communities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to the prevention of early forced marriages was the main topic discussed at a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 18 April 2017 in Podgorica...
Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine organized a conference on “Multilingual education in the OSCE region: experiences and perspectives for Ukraine” on 13 April 2017 in Kyiv. Opening the conference, Minister for