News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-funded inspection boat and water-sampling platform launched to protect Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 12 June 2012
A boat for fisheries inspectors and a water sampling platform on the Dniester/Nistru River were formally handed over to authorities in Moldova by representatives of the OSCE and its partner organizations, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at a ceremony on 8 June 2012...
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo municipalities increase public participation in budgeting process
Publishing date: 12 June 2012
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is organizing a study trip for representatives of five municipalities and the Ministry for Local Government Administration to Germany from 12 to 15 June 2012. The aim of the trip is to help Kosovo municipalities increase the level of public participation and gender-responsiveness in budget planning processes...
OSCE promotes human rights and safety in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 12 June 2012
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held a training course for heads of units of correctional institutions under Kyrgyzstan’s state penitentiary service from 21 May to 12 June 2012...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes election of Albanian president
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
TIRANA, 11 June 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the election of Bujar Nishani as President of Albania...
ODIHR trains police officers in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia to respond to domestic violence
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Helping police officers better respond to cases of domestic violence was the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and partners in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia on 8 and 11 June 2012, respectively...
OSCE Mission to Moldova helps working group experts improve negotiation techniques
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Some 25 members of the expert working groups from both sides of the Dniestr/Nistru River got an opportunity to fine-tune their negotiation skills at an OSCE-organized training course on 7 and 8 June 2012...
Kyrgyzstani law-enforcement’s role in protecting freedom of religion or belief discussed at Bishkek seminar
Publishing date: 6 June 2012
The role played by law-enforcement agencies in protecting freedom of religion or belief was the focus of a seminar organized by ODIHR, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and partners in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on 4 and 5 June 2012...