News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR trains police commanders from Poland on human rights-based policing of peaceful assemblies
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
Human rights-compliant policing of peaceful assemblies was the focus of training for Polish officers, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Szczytno, Poland on 28 and 29 September 2015.
All Montenegrin municipalities signed Memorandum of Understanding committing to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights signed on October 28 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding with Montenegrin municipalities of Žabljak, Šavnik and Plužine, aiming to strengthen the co-operation in the area of gender equality...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
KYIV, 28 October 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing tomorrow in Kyiv...
OSCE Programme Office supports meeting of the Human Dimension Working Group in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the joint meeting on 28 October 2015 in Astana of the working group and subgroups of the Consultative and Advisory Body on the Human Dimension under the Foreign Ministry...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports civil society’s engagement in justice sector reform
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in co-operation with USAID’s “Fair Justice” Project concluded a two-day forum on 28 October 2015, which brought together public officials, representatives of civil society and the judiciary, and international experts to share best practices and lessons learned in promoting civil society’s engagement in justice sector reform...
Fundraising skills and effectiveness in focus of OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported seminar for Local Youth Councils
Publishing date: 27 October 2015
The Local Youth Councils of Kichevo, Bitola and Centar municipalities participated in the second OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported capacity building seminar that took place from 25- 27 October 2015 in Ohrid...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports youth engagement in second debate tournament of 2015
Publishing date: 27 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the second in a series of three debate tournaments for 24 students and six teachers from Bender, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Tiraspol and Vulcănești. During the event, which took place on 24 October 2015 in Ceadîr-Lunga, the young participants deliberated on how to achieve professional development goals...