News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported third Aarhus Centre opened in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A third Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan, located in Chlopon-Ata in the Issyk-Kul region, was officially opened with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry of Kygryzstan (SAEPF) on 9 November 2017...
OSCE holds co-ordination meetings with the OSCE-supported Women Resource Centres in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
Two co-ordination meetings between 15 OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs) were organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 14 November 2017, bringing together 45 participants from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan....
OSCE builds capacities of Tajik government officials and psychologists in providing justice for children
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A three-day training seminar organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe for government officials and local psychologists on justice for children concluded on 17 November 2017 in Varzob, Tajikistan...
OSCE hosts workshop in Tajikistan on role of media in covering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A four-day workshop on the role of the media in covering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism (VERLT) concluded on 17 November 2017 in Dushanbe...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro assists in providing new homes for displaced vulnerable families
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
A ceremony in Podgorica on 15 November 2017 saw 120 displaced vulnerable families who had been living in a container settlement in the Konik Camp presented with keys to new homes financed by the Regional Housing Programme and supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.
OSCE trains potential election observers and Central Election Commission staff in Kazakhstan on voter registration standards
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
A training seminar on the various aspects of voter registration, organized by Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), concluded on 16 November 2017 in Astana.
Workshop by OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe highlights importance of adequate and effective evaluation of judges' work in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
Tools and methods for an effective evaluation of judges’ performance were the focus of a workshop organized jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe, within the context of their Support to the Judicial Reform project, in Tbilisi on 14