News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports draft amendments to the law on privatization of state-owned and municipal press
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
Draft amendments to Ukraine’s Law on the Privatization of State–owned and Municipal Print Press were presented by lawyers of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (SCTRBU), the Ukrainian Association of Media Business (UAMB), the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM) and the Human Rights Platform NGO on 24 May 2017 in Kyiv, concluding a process supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation debates new technologies and impact on security
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
Global efforts are needed to address the challenges associated with scientific and technological progress and its impact on security and arms control, said speakers at the session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation held on 31 May 2017 in Vienna...
OSCE supports effective implementation of access to information law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Parliament of Kazakhstan co-organized a roundtable discussion followed by an expert dialogue in Astana on 1 June 2017 on the application of the law on the access to information...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on parliamentary elections in Montenegro
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Podgorica from 29 May to 1 June 2017 to present the final report of the ODIHR election observation mission (EOM) for the 16 October 2016 parliamentary elections in Montenegro. The report’s findings
OSCE Programme Office concludes canine training course on explosives detection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
An OSCE-supported Canine Explosive Search Training Programme co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan concluded on 24 May 2017 in Astana...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports training courses for mobile police teams on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supported a five-day training course for officers of pilot mobile police teams on responding to cases of domestic violence from 22 to 26 May 2017 in Dnipro...
Series of OSCE-supported public expert discussions on establishing the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine concludes
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
The last of three public expert discussions on the establishment and functioning of the High Anti-Corruption Court was held in Odesa, Ukraine on 30 May 2017, where experts and representatives of the civil society and the media voiced their opinions on how to create a Court that is efficient, transparent, fair and meets the principles enshrined in the country’s constitution...