News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps to set up early warning and border conflict prevention groups in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 August 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Border Service Border jointly opened early warning groups for conflict prevention in the border cities of Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan, on 28 August and the city of Osh, in the south of the country, on 21 August 2015...
Follow Us initiative promoted at Western Balkans Summit in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 August 2015
A “Follow us” initiative on dialogue of prominent women from Belgrade and Pristina was promoted at the Western Balkans Summit on 27 August 2015 in Vienna...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns killing of television news crew in Virginia, USA
Publishing date: 26 August 2015
VIENNA, 26 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the deadly shooting of a journalist and a cameraman in Moneta, Virginia, USA...
OSCE facilitates dialogue between judges and advocates on human rights protection in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 August 2015
A summer school, which gathered 30 Ukrainian judges and advocates, focused on enhancement of their co-operation, skills and knowledge in protection of human rights in line with national laws and international principles, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, was held from 25 to 26 August 2015 in Lviv...
OSCE Mission to Skopje signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bitola Municipality
Publishing date: 25 August 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and Municipality of Bitola signed a Memorandum of Understanding on raising capacities of the Local Youth Council on 25 August 2015 in Bitola...
OSCE supports trade facilitation in Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 25 August 2015
A three-day workshop for participants from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on trade facilitation instruments and challenges opened at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 24 August 2015...
Efforts by international organizations to counter hate crime the focus of OSCE/ODIHR training event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
Increasing co-operation between international organizations and sharing good practices to counter hate crime were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 20 and 21 August 2015.