News and press releases

A joint Afghan-Tajik-Turkmen Regional Border Management Awareness workshop concluded on 4 May 2018 in Dushanbe. The event was hosted by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC).

While Cyprus’s legal framework is adequate, overall, for the conduct of democratic elections, it is overly complex. Therefore, a comprehensive review well in advance of the next elections is recommended to further harmonize, clarify, and update electoral legislation, says the final report by the

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded its training programme on operational command duties for high ranked women officers of the Kosovo Police with a practical training from 29 April to 2 May 2018 at the South Wales Police (SWP) in Cardiff, United Kingdom...

Journalists from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia took part in the international conference Freedom of Speech: Opportunities and Perspectives in the Region in Dushanbe on 3 May to mark World Press Freedom Day.

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan’s new Environmental Code concluded on 28 April 2018 in Astana...

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized a study visit for over 70 secondary school students and teachers from Mostar that concluded on 27 April 2018 in Sarajevo. The students visited the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Central Election Commission and Sarajevo City Hall.

The first in a series of four training seminars on human rights protection mechanisms for representatives of local administrations, law-enforcement bodies and civil society concluded on 27 April 2018 in the village of Kazakhstan, in the South Kazakhstan region.