News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Good practices in migrant integration focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Chisinau
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
Good practices in the integration of migrants were exchanged and discussed at an international conference co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Chisinau on 17 and 18 May 2017. The event, held in co-operation with Moldova’s Interior Ministry, brought
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches project to develop course on tolerance and diversity at Georgian higher education institutions
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities held a kick-off meeting to launch a long-term project to support the implementation of Georgia’s State Strategy for Civic Equality and Integration in Tbilisi on 16 May 2017...
OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
The first OSCE-supported forum on Kazakhstan’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM), focused on national and international experience in this field, concluded on 17 May 2017 in Astana.
OSCE promotes advanced water education standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
Sustainable water governance with a focus on advanced education standards in the water sector was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on 16 May 2017 that took place today at Kazakhstan’s Parliament in Astana...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains counsellors on psychological counselling for victims of domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
A four-day training course on psychological counselling for victims of domestic violence concluded on 12 May 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE supports co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering spread of new psychoactive substances facilitated by ‘Darknet’ and cryptocurrencies
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
More than 20 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus, Moldova and the Russian Federation began a five-day training course co-organized by the OSCE in Minsk on 15 May 2017 on developing co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the spread of new psychoactive substances (NPS) facilitated by the so-called ‘Darknet’...
Lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River discuss ways to better resolve clients’ documentation problems
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first of this year’s Human Rights Clubs discussions for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on 12 May 2017. The event, held in Varnita, brought together some 30 lawyers and NGO representatives to discuss how to better aid clients who encounter issues with their documentation...