News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission assists Serbian authorities in strengthening victim and witness support system
Publishing date: 22 February 2017
The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Victimology Society of Serbia NGO marked the European Day for Victims of Crime with a conference held in Belgrade on 22 February 2017...
OSCE Mission supports Moldovan Defence Ministry’s first conference on small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition safety and stockpiles management
Publishing date: 22 February 2017
Some 60 high-level officials, including parliamentarians, governmental officials and members of international and non-governmental organizations attended the first-ever high-level conference organized by Moldova’s Ministry of Defence on small arms, light weapons and conventional ammunition safety and stockpiles management. The conference on 16 February 2017 was held with the support of the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports victims of the Dacha-Suu plane crash
Publishing date: 22 February 2017
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with €20,000 donated from the proceeds of the OSCE Charity Ball 2017, launched a project on 15 February 2017 to provide lasting psycho-social relief and assistance to victims of January’s Dacha-Suu plane crash on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital. The project is being implemented jointly with the Kyrgyzstan-based Child Rights Defenders League and the National Red Crescent Society of the Kyrgyz Republic...
OSCE supports energy efficiency workshops for secondary school teachers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 February 2017
An OSCE-supported training seminar on energy efficiency and energy saving measures for some 70 secondary school teachers took place on 20 February 2017 in Karagandy, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on constitutional reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 February 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a roundtable discussion on the draft law “On amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, organized by the country’s Constitutional Council and the Charter for Human Rights Public Foundation in Almaty on 18 February 2017...
OSCE supports training course for border guard instructors in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2017
An OSCE-supported five-day training course on presentation skills for instructors of the National Security Committee’s Border Guard Service and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC) concluded on 17 February 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Moldova’s presidential election recommends improving arrangements for voters abroad, eliminating gaps in legal framework
Publishing date: 15 February 2017
Among the recommendations contained in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 30 October 2016 presidential election in Moldova are a comprehensive review of the electoral legal framework to eliminate existing gaps and ambiguities, as well as seeking broad consensus on improving laws, regulations and practical arrangements for voting abroad.