News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General meets Albania’s Defence Minister
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Albania’s Minister of Defence Mimi Kodheli on 7 April 2017 during her bilateral visit to Austria...
On International Roma Day, OSCE Mission to Serbia reaffirms its committment to greater social inclusion and tolerance
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
On the occasion of International Roma Day, 8 April 2017, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Andrea Orizio today reaffirmed the Mission’s strong commitment to the greater social inclusion of Roma and other minorities, and their equality and non-discrimination in Serbia...
OSCE Mission, municipalities in Kosovo work to improve social housing programmes
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
The last in a series of five training courses organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning for some 150 municipal officials responsible for social housing and drafting respective three-year plans concluded on 7 April 2017 in Prishtinё/Priština...
OSCE organizes training event on risk profiling for Kazakhstan’s Border Service
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
The third in a series of OSCE-supported five-day training courses on risk profiling at border checkpoints to assist in countering transnational threats concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan on 7 April 2017...
OSCE-supported regional peacekeeping course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan concludes
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
A two-week regional course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on pre-deployment for peacekeeping operations concluded on 6 April 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE and Spain’s Guardia Civil work to strengthen the preparedness of NGO staff against kidnapping for ransom
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
Strengthening the preparedness of NGO staff working in regions where they face a high risk of becoming a target of kidnapping for ransom is the focus of a three-day training course organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat from 4 to 6 April 2017 in co-operation with the Spanish Guardia Civil’s Centre of Excellence for Special Training (CAE) in Logroño...
OSCE seeks to strengthen co-operation between participating States and Mediterranean Partners on border security and management
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
The OSCE points of contact network to strengthen risk analysis and information exchange between the OSCE’s participating States and Mediterranean Partners in the area of border security and management was launched at a roundtable event organized by the OSCE in Madrid from 4 to 6 April 2017 in co-operation with the Spanish National Police...