News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported training programme for Parliamentary services of Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 October 2016
Some 16 representatives of the Parliamentary services and secretaries of the Montenegrin Parliament Committees successfully completed the last in a series of an OSCE-supported programme, aimed at strengthening their leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, from 13 to 14 October 2015 in Podgorica...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds workshop on co-operation between judiciary and media
Publishing date: 17 October 2016
Relations between the judiciary and the media, international standards on freedom of speech, the legal basis and particularity of defamation cases, as well as media access to courts were the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop for some 35 judges, lawyers and journalists which concluded on 15 October 2016 in Dushanbe...
Torture prevention in focus during first annual meeting on national prevention mechanisms from the OSCE region in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 October 2016
The first OSCE region annual meeting to focus on national prevention mechanisms (NPMs) on torture, organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the Geneva-based Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), was held in Vienna on 13 and 14
Empowerment of young people is key to countering violent extremism, say participants in OSCE-organized conference in Albania
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
Preventing and countering violent extremism in Albania was the focus of an OSCE-organized conference for some 100 representatives of religious communities, local and central government agencies, civil society and students held on 12 October 2016 in Elbasan, Albania...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier offer sympathies over death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
VIENNA, 13 October 2016- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed condolences to the Royal Family and the People of Thailand on the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej...
OSCE Secretary General, in Iceland, meets country’s Foreign Minister, addresses conference on ‘recapturing the spirit’ of 1986 Reykjavik Summit
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Iceland 10-11 October 2016, where he met the country’s foreign minister and addressed a conference marking thirty years since the landmark 1986 Reykjavik Summit on the reduction of nuclear-armed missiles...
Rehabilitation for victims of torture discussed at OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
The current and potential role of OSCE structures in assisting its 57 participating States to implement their obligations and OSCE commitments in ensuring the full rehabilitation of torture victims was the focus of a workshop held in Vienna on 12 October 2016. The event was organized by the OSCE