News and press releases

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during an official visit to Brussels on 25 and 26 November 2013...

On 20-22 November 2013, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 20 probation officers from across the country and the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training aimed to improve probation officers’ understanding of the specifics of working with juvenile offenders to increase their chances of social reintegration.

The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a series of four legal information sessions for the Roma community in Skopje, with the last one held on 25 November 2013...

VIENNA, 22 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about restrictions placed on photojournalists covering events at the White House.

Recommendations from the final report of the Election Observation Mission to the 23 June 2013 parliamentary elections in Albania were presented by a team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 18 to 21 November 2013 in Tirana...

New members of Albania’s parliament took part in an orientation programme developed by the Assembly’s administration and the OSCE Presence in Albania, on 20 November 2013. The programme aimed to familiarize the new members of parliament with the functioning and structure of the Assembly, and to assist them in building a stronger co-operative relationship with the Assembly’s staff