News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Importance of aligning quality of forensic evidence with international best practices highlighted at OSCE-supported regional workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
A regional workshop organized from 9 to 11 November 2015 by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Police Administration in Danilovgrad saw 23 forensic experts from Podgorica, Tirana, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Skopje exchange opinions, experiences and best practices on enhancing the quality of forensics by aligning them with international quality standards...
OSCE Mission in Moldova raises awareness of national legislation and international best practices on public financing of political parties
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
A roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 10 November 2015 brought together 26 local-level representatives of the country’s political parties to Taraclia to further enhance their understanding of national legislation and international best practices governing the public financing of political parties...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Ukraine from 2 to 6 November 2015, including trips to Kyiv as well as Mariupol, where she assessed the inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, Thors discussed the status of modernizing the institutional
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports training courses on Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
The second training course facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat (IED-D) for Tajik and Afghan specialists concluded in Dushanbe on 5 November 2015...
OSCE-supported workshop focuses on environmental challenges in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan in partnership with Yerevan State University’s Centre on Sustainable Development organized a workshop on problems and solutions related to sustainable use of natural resources and environmental planning in Armenia on 10 November 2015 in the Armenian capital...
Entrepreneurship and developing business ideas in focus of OSCE-supported training course for women in Montenegro’s Tivat municipality
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
The challenges and opportunities for female entrepreneurship, institutional support, development of business ideas and time management were the topics of a training course organized in Montenegro’s municipality of Tivat on 6 and 7 November 2015, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 9 November 2015
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations. The SMM visited the “LPR”-controlled Dolzhansky (84km south-east of Luhansk) border crossing point at the Ukrainian-Russian Federation border...