News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE field operations bring together youth from Novi Pazar and Brčko in intercultural camp
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
Fostering regional dialogue through youth connectivity between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while also promoting youth resilience to security risks in local communities was the focus of a youth intercultural camp held in Kopanik, Serbia, from 3 to 7 November 2017...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds workshop on electronic exchange of customs information
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
A week-long workshop on the electronic exchange of customs information concluded on 3 November 2017 in Dushanbe. The workshop, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, was attended by ten officers of the Customs Service of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and fifteen officers of the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
OSCE Missions to Montenegro and Skopje support bilateral protocol on fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, organized a first working meeting between the institutions of Montenegro and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in charge of drafting a protocol on co-operation between the two countries in the fight against human trafficking. The meeting was held from 30 October to 1 November 2017 in Skopje...
OSCE and European Broadcasting Union train Albania’s RTSH journalists on online media and social networks
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
An intensive training course on online media and the use of social networks was held by the OSCE Presence in Albania in close co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for 15 journalists and editors of the Albanian public broadcaster, RTSH, from 31 October to 2 November at the premises of RTSH in Tirana.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports call for proposals by Regional Youth Co-operation Office of the Western Balkans on regional reconciliation projects
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported the local branch of the Regional Youth Co-operation Office of the Western Balkans (RYCO) on 1 November 2017 in bringing together representatives from more than 40 NGOs at the premises of the Youth Centre in Podgorica...
Political party regulation in the context of rising populism the topic of ODIHR expert meetings in Warsaw
Publishing date: 6 November 2017
Experts on political parties from across the OSCE region took part in a meeting on political party regulation organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 2 and 3 November 2017. The meeting was followed by a roundtable discussion on 4 November
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes ground-breaking decision to open bridge over Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 3 November 2017
VIENNA/CHISINAU, 3 November 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim, today welcomed the decision by the sides on opening the Gura Bicului-Bychok bridge in Moldova. The bridge connects both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River and has not been in operation since the 1992 conflict...