News and press releases

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions (ODIHR) released a set of civil society recommendations aimed at promoting the greater involvement of associations in public decision making on 22 September 2015, during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and OSCE Presence in Albania organized a joint seminar for Montenegrin and Albanian journalists on environmental challenges in the Shkodra/Skadar Lake area on 16-18 September 2015. The seminar started in Shkodra, Albania and continued in Virpazar, Montenegro including a visit to the nearby Aluminum Plant.

On the occasion of the OSCE-organized and UNHCR-supported High-level Forum on Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons from Kosovo, the participating institutions, led by Minister Dalibor Jevtić (Pristina), Director Marko Đurić (Belgrade), Minister Zorica Kovačević (Podgorica) and State Secretary Enver Husejin (Skopje), confirmed strong support for continuing inter-institutional co-operation and endorsed proposals for the scope and focus of future joint work to address the needs of those displaced.

COPENHAGEN, 22 September 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming presidential election in Belarus and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission...

A two-week training course on freezing, restraining, and confiscating criminal assets organized for 13 Kosovo Police officers by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and funded by the German Foreign Office concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 18 September 2015...

The code of ethics for members of Parliament (MP) was the main topic of discussion at the OSCE-organized seminar, which took place on 17 September 2015 in Podgorica, Montenegro...

The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine held a three-day training course on dialogue facilitation for young people from 7 to 9 September in Kyiv...