News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina marks World Children’s Day
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized a webinar on “Exploitation of Children through Child Marriage” on 20 November, World Children's Day. The event brought together representatives of key local institutions in combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting victims. Members of the judiciary, representatives of executive and legislative bodies, civil rights organizations and human rights defenders from BiH and neighbouring countries also participated.
OSCE supports modernization of higher education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
Enhancing digital learning at university was the topic of an OSCE-organized online course that took place on 19 and 20 November 2020...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan launches series of online seminars on gender equality and human rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
An OSCE-supported seminar on introduction to gender perspectives and women’s human rights, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, concluded on 20 November 2020...
OSCE supports contest on promoting green organizations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a contest on promoting “green” organizations that took place on 20 November 2020 in Nur-Sultan...
Unhindered access to, and free flow of, information remain essential during public health emergencies, concludes South Caucasus Media Conference
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
VIENNA, 19 November 2020 – The promotion of freedom of information during health crises and the state of media freedom in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were the focus of the two-day 17th OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference, which concluded today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains teachers on stress management during COVID-19
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 19 November 2020 – The OSCE Mission concluded today the first phase of its project "Mental Health of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic." The project, implemented in co-operation with Education and Management in Kosovo (EDUMEN-K), a non-governmental organization specialized in providing support to the education sector, included training for teachers on how to alleviate mental health issues among students as a consequence of school closures and isolation due to public health measures....
OSCE webinar addresses modern instruments of communication in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
An OSCE-organized webinar on the use of modern instruments in the digital information environment took place on 19 November 2020 in Ashgabat. The event brought together representatives of Turkmenistan’s key ministries and state institutions as well as journalists from the country’s leading print, broadcast and online media.