News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Rehabilitation of foreign terrorist fighters and their families in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported seminar in Nur-Sultan
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the presentation of manuals on how to work in the rehabilitation of returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families took place on 22 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
Educators are at forefront of defence against violent extremism tendencies, conclude participants at OSCE training course in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Defence against violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism requires an integrated approach, and educators are at the forefront of the defence against violent extremism tendencies. This was concluded at the workshop “Prevention of Violent Extremism and Radicalization Leading to Terrorism for Primary and Secondary School Professors”, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, on 19 and 20 November 2019 in Bijelo Polje and Bar...
Increasing professionalism and impartiality of international election observation the focus of ODIHR-hosted meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
New trends in elections and international best practices for observing them were the topics of a high-level panel discussion during an annual meeting on the implementation of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, which was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic
OSCE Annual Meeting of the Focal Points of Police Academies Network
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Good practices, challenges and lessons learned in law enforcement training and education, in particular with regard to the impact of modern technology and the role of women, is the focus of the second meeting of OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN), which brought together more than 40 participants to Vienna on 20 November 2019...
OSCE supports sub-regional workshop on strengthening mine tailings safety in Almaty
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
An OSCE-supported sub-regional workshop under the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on improving mining and tailings safety, with a special attention to transboundary implications, concluded on 21 November 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
OSCE and international partners open regional workshop in South-Eastern Europe on protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
How to strengthen critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks is being explored at a three-day regional expert workshop for national representatives from eight OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe, which opened on 19 November 2019 in Skopje...
Ukraine’s 2019 presidential and early parliamentary elections: ODIHR observation missions final reports
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
Following elections held in Ukraine in 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published reports on the two-round presidential election and the early parliamentary elections.