News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Supports Workshop on Draft Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming Process at Local Level
Publishing date: 13 December 2016
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop for municipal gender focal points in Montenegro on 8 and 9 December 2016 in Podgorica. The event provided an opportunity for representatives of municipalities, civil sector and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights to meet and discuss the draft of the analysis on gender mainstreaming at the local level...
Freedom of expression on the Internet in focus of OSCE-supported annual Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
The annual OSCE-supported Youth Legal Forum concluded on 10 December 2016 at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University (KAZGUU) in Astana. This year’s two-day event focused on the limits to restricting freedom of expression and distribution of information on the Internet, in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...
Competitive elections follow cross-party co-operation to end political crisis, though need for sustainable reforms remains, international election observers say in Skopje
Publishing date: 12 December 2016
SKOPJE, 12 December 2016 – The 11 December parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were competitive and an essential step in resolving two years of deep political crisis, but took place in an environment characterized by widespread public mistrust in institutions and the political establishment, international election observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today...
Realistic interim measures needed to stem the deterioration of co-operative security in Europe, report by OSCE-related network of think tanks argues
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
“In the wake of the current confrontation between Russia and the West, will the nations of Europe govern their interactions by rules and principles, as the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act hoped, or by the conjuncture or clash of national interests?” This was the leading question of a study conducted by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions presented at a side event of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg on 8 December 2016.
Police in Kazakhstan learn about psychological profiling techniques at OSCE training seminar
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for police officers on psychological profiling techniques to be used when policing large-scale events concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan on 9 December 2016...
OSCE concludes conference on dialogue and reconciliation with women from Prishtinë/ Priština and Belgrade
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...
Young policy advisors improve policy-making skills at OSCE/ODIHR training events in Poland and Sweden
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
Young policy advisors from six OSCE participating States developed their policy-making skills at two training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Poland and Sweden in November and December 2016, respectively.