News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Current trends in peaceful settlement of disputes in focus at colloquium organized by OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 17 June 2015
An international colloquium focusing on current trends in conciliation as a means of peaceful settlement of disputes was organized by the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on 11 and 12 June 2015 in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and UN Women promote gender-responsive budgeting in Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
As a part of their effort to improve status of women and girls, including through Gender Responsive Budgeting, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding today, on 16 June 2015, with Mayors and representatives of the Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac...
Efforts needed to safeguard journalists and to tackle propaganda, OSCE conference participants say
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
VIENNA, 16 June 2015 – Journalists’ safety is a cornerstone of free media, not least in times of conflict, and must be ensured and strengthened, participants said today at a two-day conference on journalists’ safety and conflict reporting in Vienna. The attendees also stressed the importance of tackling the issue of propaganda, pointing to free and independent journalism as one tool...
Ways to overcome barriers to equal access for Muslim women and women of African descent the focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
Discrimination preventing Muslim women and women of African descent face from achieving equal access to education and employment was the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 15 and 16 June 2015...
Roundtable at OSCE Mission in Moldova engages Gagauz civil society in public discussion
Publishing date: 15 June 2015
As part of its three-year project to support the engagement of Gagauz minority youth and civil society in public discussions and public service, a roundtable was held at the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 10 June 2015...
OSCE-supported High-Level International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action "Water for Life", 2005-2015, concluded in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 15 June 2015
The High-level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015 took place from 8 to 10 June 2015, in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office trains law enforcement representatives on countering cybercrime in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2015