News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes study visit of Kyrgyz officials to Latvia to learn about best practices in anti-corruption
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
A four-day visit of eight Kyrgyz officials to Riga, Latvia, aimed at learning international best practices on combatting corruption, ended on 11 April 2014...
OSCE Mission supports Montenegro’s anti-discrimination efforts
Publishing date: 10 April 2014
Within the scope of strengthening mechanisms supporting Montenegro in the area of human rights and anti-discrimination, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights organized a two–day workshop for 25 misdemeanour judges on 7 April 2014 in Przno...
OSCE Mission, on International Roma Day, urges further empowerment of Roma community
Publishing date: 9 April 2014
The OSCE supports better integration of the Roma community in Montenegro and promotes their right to legal aid and better access to social services, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova, said at an event in Bijelo Polje on 7 April 2014 to mark International Roma Day...
OSCE Kosovo Mission Head welcomes adoption of Assembly declaration on co-operation with civil society, pledges to support implementation
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, commended the Assembly of Kosovo for adopting a declaration at its last plenary session held on 3 April 2014 on establishing a partnership with civil society...
OSCE seminar explores enhancing security features of travel documents
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
TASHKENT, 8 April 2014 – The three-day regional seminar which opened today in Tashkent will examine enhancing the security features of travel documents to offer greater protection against terrorist and criminal use.
OSCE trains staff of Kyrgyzstan’s National Centre for Torture Prevention
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a training course in the capital from 5 to 8 April 2014 on human rights monitoring for staff of Kyrgyzstan’s National Centre for Torture Prevention (NTPC), NGO representatives, the National Ombudsman Office and the Co-ordination Council on Human Rights...
OSCE Secretary General visits Madrid
Publishing date: 7 April 2014
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Madrid for consultations on 7 April 2014. He held separate talks with the Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo and Spanish members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, where he discussed challenges in the OSCE region...