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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
LATEST UPDATE: Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reportedly killed in Kyiv, is alive and well. According to Ukrainian authorities, the incident was part of an ongoing investigation.
Publishing date: 29 May 2018
Latest update: Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reportedly killed in Kyiv, is alive and well. According to Ukrainian authorities, the incident was part of an ongoing investigation. VIENNA, 29 May 2018 – OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir today strongly condemned the murder of well-known Russian journalist and writer Arkadiy Babchenko in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports workshop on voter register
Publishing date: 29 May 2018
A workshop on the Central Voter Registry, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), concluded on 29 May 2018 in Vlašić.
ODIHR final report on Turkmenistan’s parliamentary elections recommends ensuring integrity of electoral process, enabling people to exercise fundamental freedoms
Publishing date: 29 May 2018
In its f inal report on the 25 March 2018 parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said that the elections lacked important features of a genuinely democratic electoral process. The report, published on 30 May 2018, notes that
OSCE trains law enforcement officials in Kazakhstan on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 28 May 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on countering cybercrime for representatives of Kazakhstan’s governmental institutions and law-enforcement agencies concluded on 25 May 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
OSCE organizes train-the-trainer course for local Tajik teachers on preventing violent extremism among youth
Publishing date: 25 May 2018
A two-day training course on preventing violent extremism among youth was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in close co-operation with UNESCO on 24 and 25 May 2018 on the premises of the OSCE Programme Office...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Malta
Publishing date: 25 May 2018
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Malta from 22 to 25 May 2018 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the June 2017 early parliamentary elections. The report’s
Moldova’s civil servants learn to implement national interethnic relations strategy with support of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 24 May 2018
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Bureau for Interethnic Relations of the Republic of Moldova jointly organized an induction training course in Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova, to introduce the country’s civil servants to key concepts of...