News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Respecting and promoting language rights critical to building a sustainable, multi-ethnic society, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Prishtinë/Priština
Publishing date: 9 November 2017
Respecting and promoting the use of the official languages is critical to meaningful integration and the building of a sustainable multi-ethnic society, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier at the “Forum on Language Compliance in Kosovo” held in Prishtinë/Priština on 9 November 2017...
Positive practices to enable participation of persons with disabilities in political parties explored at OSCE/ODIHR event in Brussels
Publishing date: 8 November 2017
Initiatives to facilitate increased representation of persons with disabilities in political party structures across Europe and the broader OSCE region were the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Brussels on 8 November 2017. The meeting, at the European Parliament, was organized in co-operation with the Parliament’s Disability Intergroup and the European Disability Forum.
OSCE supports workshop on customs administration in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2017
An OSCE-supported two-day workshop on customs administration procedures with a focus on goods crossing the territory of the Customs Union concluded on 8 November 2017 in Astana.
OSCE PA Special Representative on South East Europe Battelli speaks about regional progress and remaining challenges at NATO PA seminar in Ljubljana
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
LJUBLJANA, 7 November 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Slovenian parliamentarian Roberto Battelli, spoke today at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 96th Rose-Roth seminar on the Western Balkans in Ljubljana, Slovenia...
OSCE field operations bring together youth from Novi Pazar and Brčko in intercultural camp
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
Fostering regional dialogue through youth connectivity between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while also promoting youth resilience to security risks in local communities was the focus of a youth intercultural camp held in Kopanik, Serbia, from 3 to 7 November 2017...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds workshop on electronic exchange of customs information
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
A week-long workshop on the electronic exchange of customs information concluded on 3 November 2017 in Dushanbe. The workshop, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, was attended by ten officers of the Customs Service of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and fifteen officers of the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
OSCE Missions to Montenegro and Skopje support bilateral protocol on fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a first working meeting between the institutions of Montenegro and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in charge of drafting a protocol on co-operation between the two countries in the fight against human trafficking. The meeting was held from 30 October to 1 November 2017 in Skopje...