News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes study visit for students as part of 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 27 March 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje hosted 22 students from five different universities in the country during a study visit to the Mission’s premises on 26 March 2015. The visit was an opportunity for the students to learn more about the OSCE, Skopje Mission’s mandate and programmes...
OSCE supports conference on promotion of green technologies in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 March 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Burabay Aarhus Centre organized a conference on the promotion of green technologies in the Schuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone in Borovoye, Kazakhstan, on 27 March 2015...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2014 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 25 March 2015
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Sofia on 24 and 25 March 2015 to present recommendations from the final report on the 5 October 2014 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ukrainian authorities discuss human rights violations in Crimea
Publishing date: 25 March 2015
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors and the Ukrainian authorities discussed their concerns about human rights violations in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, during Thors’ visit to Kyiv and Kharkiv from 16 to 20 March 2015. Thors has been concerned about reports of
Human rights and non-discrimination in focus at OSCE workshop in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
Domestic and international human rights instruments to fight discrimination were the focus of a one-day workshop organized for lawyers and human rights defenders by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Council of Europe and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on 20 March 2015 in Yerevan.
OSCE supports efforts to promote co-operation between Kyrgyz agencies on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a co-ordination meeting of representatives of different Kyrgyz agencies on 18 March 2015, with the aim of securing the support of state institutions and civil society for establishing a platform for action to implement the 2013-2016 National Programme against Human Trafficking...
OSCE Presence trains Albanian police on diversity, hate crimes, domestic violence
Publishing date: 23 March 2015
Forty police officers, who completed a training programme on diversity, hate crimes and domestic violence, collected their certificates in a ceremony on 23 March 2015 in Tirana. The event, hosted by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Dutch Embassy, was attended by the Head of the Presence, Ambassador Florian Raunig, Dutch Ambassador Dewi van de Weerd, and General Director of the Albanian Police Artan Didi...