News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supplies Border Academy with devices for verifying travel document authenticity
Publishing date: 28 December 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan handed over 25 devices for verifying travel document authenticity during the signing of a donation agreement with the Border Academy of the Committee for National Security of Kazakhstan on 25 December 2020 in Almaty. The Academy will use the devices to train its current and future border controllers to identify forged travel documents.
OSCE Mission to BiH welcomes development of Rulebook on prevention of discrimination in primary and secondary schools in Tuzla Canton
Publishing date: 24 December 2020
Damir Gnjidić, Head of the Tuzla Office of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met with Fahreta Brašnjić, Minister of Education and Science of Tuzla Canton on 24 December 2020, to discuss adoption of the “Rulebook on principles and procedure for protection of students from discrimination in primary and secondary schools in Tuzla Canton”.
OSCE presents recommendations on improving correspondent banking relations in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 December 2020
Recommendations on how to improve correspondent banking relations between Tajik commercial banks and banks based in the European Union and the United States were presented at an online event organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 23 December 2020.
Developing and implementing the national action plan on Women, Peace and Security in focus at OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan-supported event
Publishing date: 23 December 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) conducted an international roundtable discussion on “Developing and Implementing the National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security: Good Practices and Lessons Learned” on 18 December 2020.
OSCE national workshop promotes social re-use of confiscated assets in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 December 2020
The OSCE held an online national workshop for Bosnia and Herzegovina on the social re-use of confiscated assets on 21 December 2020. More than 20 representatives from prosecutions’ offices, law enforcement, asset management agencies and civil society organizations participated in the event.
Hate speech online reduced as report into “STOP! Hate Speech” campaign in Bosnia Herzegovina shows
Publishing date: 22 December 2020
SARAJEVO, 22 December 2020 – The Press Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with the support of the OSCE Mission to BiH, published today the analysis of the “STOP! Hate Speech” campaign. The analysis finds that while still present in media sphere, hate speech has declined in comparison with prior analyses focusing on the same web-portals conducted during previous election cycles...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports self-employment of women as post COVID-19 economic rehabilitation
Publishing date: 21 December 2020
On 20 December 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) concluded a series of training courses on how to set up an online culinary business as a means of economic rehabilitation following the COVID-19 pandemic.