News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds training on human rights
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
A four-day training retreat for civil society, social workers and lawyers working with ill-treatment victims concluded on 30 August 2017 in Bahoriston, Sughd region. A similar training was conducted in Nurek from 21 to 24 August 2017...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek brings together Central Asian Youth Network Alumni in 2017 Reboot Camp
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek brought together thirty Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) alumni from five Central Asian states as well as Afghanistan and Mongolia. The CAYN 2017 Reboot Camp took place on 29 August- 1 September 2017 in Bulan-Soggotu village, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Secretary General meets with Central Asian Youth Network alumni
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
Five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger in Vienna on 30 August 2017 and discussed security issues in Central Asia, the OSCE’s work and its comprehensive approach to security...
The Office in Yerevan discontinues its operations in Armenia
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
OSCE/ODIHR final report on France’s presidential election recommends measures to improve campaign finance and media regulations
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
France’s presidential election on 23 April and 7 May 2017 was conducted in a pluralistic and transparent manner, but certain aspects of the legal framework for elections could benefit from further review, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in its final report
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 29 August 2017
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM followed up on information of a civilian injured by shelling in Lukove. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas and recorded ceasefire violations near the Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. Its access remains restricted there and elsewhere, including at a checkpoint in Novoazovsk. An SMM unmanned aerial vehicle spotted weapons in violation of withdrawal lines near Kremenivka, Sakhanka, and Bezimenne. The SMM also noted that a previously observed hand grenade and UXO close to civilian infrastructure near Stanytsia Luhanska bridge and Novohryhorivka, respectively, had been removed. The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor repairs and maintenance to infrastructure in Zolote, Vesela Hora, Shchastia, and Krasnyi Lyman...
OSCE supports trainings on introducing new course on religious cultures in Kyrgyzstan’s secondary schools
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
More than 70 school teachers and school administrative personnel took part in three training sessions on piloting teaching methods for a new school course “The basics of religious cultures”...