News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports efforts of Prosecutors and Police in combating smuggling and trafficking of migrants
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Andrea Orizio, on 21 November 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic Public Prosecutor of Serbia on the donation of two vehicles and IT equipment to the Task Force on Migration...
Tajik border troop officers complete OSCE training course on operational planning
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
Twenty officers from the Tajik Border Troops completed an advanced three-week training course on operational planning at the Gissar Training Centre, Tajikistan on 18 November 2016...
Best practices in conducting border checks discussed at regional workshop organized by OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
A five-day workshop for 16 border and customs officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan on best practices in conducting border checks concluded on 18 November 2016 at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
Roma women activists in Ukraine learn about establishing women-to-women mentor networks at OSCE course
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
As part of its multi-year project to establish women-to-women mentor networks in the OSCE region, the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Section organized a training course on 16 and 17 November 2016 in Kyiv for fifteen women activists from the Roma community in Ukraine...
Addressing anti-Semitism through education the focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Belgrade
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Education professionals joined up with representatives of government and civil society to explore policies and tools to address anti-Semitism within educational systems, as well as how to address needs and gaps in existing policies and resources, at a workshop and meetings organized in Belgrade
Albanian public broadcaster presents statute and editorial guidelines drafted with OSCE Presence and European Broadcasting Union assistance
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The Albanian public broadcaster held on 18 November 2016 a consultation meeting on the new draft statute with the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Media, the Audio-Visual Media Authority, media organizations and academia. A final draft of the first ever editorial guidelines for the Albanian public broadcaster was also presented at the meeting, before undergoing a final vote by the Albanian Radio Television’s Steering Board...
OSCE/ODIHR brings together Central Asian reform leaders at Tashkent forum to develop human-rights based criminal justice systems
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Around 100 policy- and lawmakers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and other parts of the OSCE region discussed current challenges and good practices in criminal justice reform at a forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions