News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bishkek Water Museum to be opened in September 2013 with OSCE support
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
A ceremony at the Water museum in Bishkek took place in Bishkek on 7 June 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University’s (KNAU). The popular science museum will be officially opened to the public in September 2013 and will be hosted by the KNAU’s former laboratory building. It will be the country’s only museum educating people on water and its effective use...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains judges in legal writing and time management
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Training seminars for Ukraine’s newly appointed administrative court judges started in Kyiv on 10 June 2013 with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on environmental quality control of fuel sold in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
The quality control of motor oil and fuel depends on the full implementation of the Montenegro’s National Strategy for Air Quality Management and its Law on Energy. This was the conclusion of a roundtable discussion hosted by the School of Ecological Activism in Podgorica on 6 June 2013...
Journalists, lawyers and media experts discuss online reporting ethics in Armenia, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Challenges of online media and prospects for the development of online media self-regulation in Armenia were discussed at a two-day workshop on 8 and 9 June 2013 in Aghveran, a town located in Armenia’s Kotayk province...
Hostage rescue training conducted by OSCE in Skopje for special police unit
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
A training course for special police forces on hostage rescue operations is taking place in Skopje from 10 to 14 June 2013. Experts from the French National Police will train 18 members of the Special Tasks Unit on how to deal with rescue situations in different types of locations and what to do to intercept vehicles used by armed criminals...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova discussed decentralization, Roma rights in Soroca
Publishing date: 7 June 2013
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, travelled to the town of Soroca in the north of the country on 5 June 2013 to get acquainted with the situation of the region and discuss decentralization and Roma rights...
Co-operation between institutions, citizens, private sector highlighted at the OSCE-supported security policy course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
A two-week annual security policy course concluded in Sarajevo on 6 June 2013. It was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Security and Inter-ministerial Working Group for Monitoring of the Implementation of BiH Security Policy...