News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Montenegrin Ministry of Human and Minority Rights promote fight against discrimination through training
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
Strengthening the mechanisms of promoting human and minority rights was the topic of a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights on 18 April 2013 in Przno, Becici...
OSCE trains new staff of prosecutor’s offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina on war crimes processing
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
New staff of four cantonal and four district prosecutor’s offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina completed on 19 April 2013 a two-week intensive training programme on war crimes pro-cessing. The training is part of the OSCE-administered War Crimes Processing Project...
Better information on repatriated persons leads to better assistance: workshop of OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
A two-day workshop to help municipal officials collect and process data on returnees and repatriated persons in Kosovo concluded in Mavrovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 19 April 2013...
OSCE Office in Yerevan promotes co-operation between army and public
Publishing date: 18 April 2013
Ways to enhance relations between the armed forces and civilians was the focus of the hearing at the Armenian National Assembly on 15 April 2013...
OSCE helps to promote free legal aid in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 April 2013
A roundtable discussion on the draft law on state-guaranteed free legal aid organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana with the parliamentary Committee on Legislation and Legal Reform was held in Astana on 18 April 2013...
OSCE trains Albanian law enforcement on seizure of criminal assets derived from human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 April 2013
An OSCE seminar on financial investigation and seizure of criminal assets related to different form of human trafficking was held with Albanian police, prosecutors, judges and financial investigators on 18 17 April 2013 in Tirana...
OSCE Chairperson condemns bombing attacks at Boston marathon, offers condolences
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
KYIV, 16 April 2013- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara expressed his shock today at the Boston marathon explosions...