News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes “Stop Sports Violence” project
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
From 19 October to 14 December 2012, the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a volleyball tournament between students of eleven secondary schools as part of a project to prevent sports violence in the cities of Tetovo and Gostivar, in the western part of the country...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan officials in hostage negotiation
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
A two-week training course on hostage negotiation for the personnel of Kyrgyzstan’s relevant state agencies ended in Bishkek on 21 December 2012. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Antiterrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security...
OSCE, Montenegrin authorities discuss environmental impact project
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
Facilitating efficient implementation of the laws on strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) was the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Environmental Protection Agency in Podgorica on 20 December 2012...
Secretary General of Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
The Secretary General of the Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akıncı, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 20 December 2012 in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes first phase of school safety project
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
The first phase of an OSCE-supported project to promote safety in schools will conclude in Skopje on 20 December 2012...
OSCE Centre takes part in discussion on transboundary water management co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana joined some forty Central Asian water authority officials, non-governmental organization representatives and independent experts on 20 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the introduction of integrated water resource management principles into the administration of three small transboundary rivers: the Aspar, the Isfara and the Ugam flowing through all Central Asian countries...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Justice Ministry present draft Law on Compensation of Victims of Criminal Acts
Publishing date: 19 December 2012
The draft Law on Compensation of Victims of Criminal Acts was presented to representatives of relevant state institutions and civil society at an OSCE roundtable discussion held on 19 December 2012 in Podgorica...