News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Montenegro election professionally and efficiently administered, but allegations of misuse of state resources persist, observers say
Publishing date: 8 April 2013
PODGORICA, 8 April 2013 – Montenegro’s presidential election on 7 April was professionally and efficiently administered, but allegations of the misuse of state resources and a blurring of the line between state activities and candidate campaigning continued to be at odds with OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards, international observers said in a statement issued today...
OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in Skopje to hold press conference on Monday
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
SKOPJE, 5 April 2013 – The Election Observation Mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) monitoring the municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will present its preliminary statement for the second round of the elections at a news conference on Monday, 8 April, in Skopje...
OSCE supports training on revised FATF standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2013
A two-day workshop on the revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, organized by the World Bank and the Kazakhstan’s Committee for Financial Monitoring with the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan began on 4 April 2013 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE holds trade and transport workshop with Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Publishing date: 3 April 2013
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, jointly with the Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), held a workshop on 3 April 2013 in Istanbul on border and customs issues...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports theatre play against youth drug abuse
Publishing date: 3 April 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the local police in Bitola in developing a youth theatre play as an effort to prevent the use of illegal drugs among young people in Bitola, a city in the south-western part of the country...
OSCE helps develop election training system in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 April 2013
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) together with the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) organized in Kyiv on 2 April 2013 a conference to discuss the development of a training system for election commission members...
Reporting on human trafficking manual published by OSCE, Moscow University, Russian Union of Journalists
Publishing date: 28 March 2013