News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducts sixth co-ordination meeting for Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on combatting organized crime and violent extremism
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The sixth regular co-ordination meeting of Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies was held on 25 September 2015 at the premises of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with participants focusing on elements of organized crime that merge with violent extremism...
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes first youth debate tournament
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first in a series of three debate tournaments for 35 selected high school students from Bender, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Taraclia, Tiraspol and Vulcănești. During the event, which took place on 26 September 2015 in Comrat, the young participants deliberated on the positive impact of increasing the number of women in politics...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police station commanders on general management and problem oriented policing
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje will organize three workshops for 56 police station commanders with the aim of increasing the professional capacity of police in democratic, professional and efficient performance. The workshops will take place between 28 September and 9 October 2015 in Ohrid and Ponivka...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) receives award for service to Australia in facilitating access to MH17 crash site
Publishing date: 25 September 2015
KYIV, 25 September 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) was today honoured for its work in facilitating access to the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine as it received an award for its service to Australia. The award was delivered to the head of the SMM, Chief Monitor Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan by Australia’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Doug Trappett.
OSCE Representative raises concern about recent media freedom developments in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 September 2015
VIENNA, 25 September 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the recent developments in Kazakhstan related to freedom of the media and freedom of expression are worrying...
Law students and paralegals ready to raise awareness of legal aid following OSCE-supported training
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
On 23 and 24 September 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event for a group of law students and paralegals on conducting presentations to encourage the public to make use of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova. A total of 14 law students and six paralegals from Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and several regions of Moldova took part in the training, which was held in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
OSCE-organized workshop in Montenegro discusses preventing early forced marriages among vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
The prevention of early forced marriages was the topic of a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 22 September 2015...