News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence gives 2014 Award to Albanian organizations fighting child trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
The OSCE Presence in Albania has presented local civil society associations ARSIS and Children of the World and Albania the 2014 Presence’s Award for their contribution in assisting street children and fighting child trafficking at the ceremony in Tirana...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational reform for Serbian as a non-mother tongue language
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
As part of its programme on human rights and non-discrimination, the OSCE Mission to Serbia supported the first initial meeting of teachers and experts on 16 and 17 December 2014 in Belgrade on Serbian as a non-mother tongue language...
More efforts needed to address gender issues in conflict situations in Ukraine, say participants of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
More work is needed at the regional and local levels to address the needs and concerns of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations, said participants at the end of a three-day conference in Kyiv on 12 December 2014 focusing on Ukraine’s gender policy in the context of European integration and international commitments...
OSCE Presence in Albania concludes seminar series on newly-established administrative justice system
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
The OSCE Presence in Albania concluded a series of seminars in Tirana and Durrës in December 2014 on the newly-established administrative justice system in Albania...
OSCE/ODIHR signs agreement in Skopje to implement training programme against hate crime
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's Ministry of Interior signed an agreement on 15 December 2014 to train local law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan honours best journalistic and artistic work on environmental topics
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
TASHKENT, 16 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan today honored journalists in an award ceremony to recognize the best journalistic pieces highlighting environmental challenges...
High Commissioner Thors in Skopje: Integration is needed to avoid parallel societies
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors discussed the government’s plans to address the ethnic divide in society during her visit to Skopje, Tetovo and Struga from 9 to 12 December 2014. In Skopje, Thors discussed with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Fatmir Besimi a possible set of government-owned initiatives that would signal the authorities’ commitment to integration...