News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women in focus of OSCE-organized press conference in Podgorica
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was in focus of the press conference organized by the OSCE Mission and its partners on 25 November 2015 in Podgorica, which marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence in Montenegro...
OSCE Representative presents report on propaganda and media freedom
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – The destructive powers of propaganda and its root causes must be eliminated, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting a non-paper on propaganda and media freedom together with her assessment of the media freedom developments in the OSCE region in the past six months...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds second public lecture for youth in 2015
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
On 25 November 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a public lecture delivered by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova Ivan Hnatyshyn for 48 students of Comrat University...
Officials from Central Asia travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina on OSCE-supported visit to learn more about reducing threat of explosive hazards
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
Best practices in reducing and responding to the threat of explosive hazards was the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day visit by a delegation from three Central Asian countries to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded on 19 November 2015...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine works to raise awareness of pupils in Donetsk and Luhansk regions about the threat from mines
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Leaflets warning of the dangers from mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), designed by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), were distributed to schools in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk by the SMM monitors over October and November 2015. Monitors also delivered interactive awareness lessons about the threat, answering questions from pupils about how to play safe...
Recognition of challenges that Roma face in Ukraine key for the promotion of their fundamental rights, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Improving the situation of Roma in Ukraine by enhancing co-operation between Roma civil society organizations and national and regional authorities was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine in Kyiv on 24 November 2015.
Serbian Prime Minister inaugurates OSCE-supported multilingual university department in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić officially inaugurated the permanent premises of the Bujanovac Department of the Subotica Faculty of Economics of the Novi Sad University on 17 November 2015, marking another milestone in a long-term OSCE project to promote multilingual and multi-ethnic