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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Moldova’s local elections efficiently administered and offered voters diverse choice, within context of political turmoil, international observers say
Publishing date: 15 June 2015
CHIŞINĂU, 15 June 2015 – The 14 June local elections in Moldova were efficiently administered and offered the electorate a diverse choice. They were held in a context of political turmoil due to a massive financial scandal and the resignation of the Prime Minister two days before the vote, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities concluded in a statement issued today...
Access to information focus of OSCE-supported roundtable discussion in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 June 2015
ASTANA, Kazakhstan 12 June 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on developing national legislation on access to information took place today in Astana...
OSCE-supports election reporting for journalists
Publishing date: 12 June 2015
BISHKEK, 12 June 2015- OSCE Centre in Bishkek jointly with Internews Kyrgyzstan and Development Alternatives Inc, organized series of trainings for Kyrgyz broadcast and print journalists across the country to support their professional development ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2015...
OSCE trains Mongolian law enforcement agencies in countering cross-border illicit movements
Publishing date: 12 June 2015
The examination and detection of people, cargo and vehicles at the border was the focus of a five-day workshop which ended on 12 June 2015 in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit at the request of the Ministry of Justice of Mongolia...
OSCE Mission to Skopje announces winners of Essay Competition “Role of the OSCE in today’s world”
Publishing date: 12 June 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje announced on 12 June 2015 the winners of the Essay Competition on the “Role of the OSCE in today’s world”...
OSCE condemns attack on news portal in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, have expressed concern over the attack early this morning on the offices of the KoSSev news portal in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North...
OSCE/ODIHR regional expert roundtable in Istanbul focuses on benefits of electronic visa application systems
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
The use of online technologies for visa facilitation was the focus of a regional expert roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, on 10 and 11 June 2015 in Istanbul.