News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Lithuania parliamentary elections 2020: OSCE/ODIHR election expert team final report
Publishing date: 8 February 2021
Lithuania 2020 parliamentary elections Lithuania’s 2020 parliamentary elections were managed efficiently despite the COVID-19 pandemic but its legislation, although enjoying broad public trust, contains excessive restrictions on candidacy rights, as well as provisions that can undermine the
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan provides humanitarian aid to Uzbek labour migrants abroad
Publishing date: 8 February 2021
On 5 February, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), John MacGregor handed over personal protection equipment and humanitarian aid to the Deputy Director of the Agency for External Labour Migration under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Hojiakbar Fayzullahodjayev...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Armenia
Publishing date: 8 February 2021
On 5 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Armen Papikyan to discuss media freedom developments in Armenia and areas in which the RFoM’s institution can provide assistance.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with the US Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE
Publishing date: 5 February 2021
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met on 5 February with Courtney E. Austrian, US Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, to discuss the current media freedom landscape as well as challenges in the US media context...
High-level conferences in Uzbekistan supported by the OSCE on State priorities for 2021
Publishing date: 5 February 2021
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-hosted two events, on 2 and 5 February 2021, to discuss the December 2020 address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on the effectiveness and the results of the 2017-2021 National Action Strategy, as well as the next steps in terms of State development and reforms in the sphere of democratization. The event was co-organized by the Development Strategy Centre, the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (the Parliament), the National Human Rights Centre, the UNDP's Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan project, the Supreme Court, the United States Agency for International Development, the Chamber of Advocates, the United Nations Country Team in Uzbekistan and the World Bank.
OSCE helps Ukraine upgrade chemical safety and security systems
Publishing date: 5 February 2021
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Forum for Security and Co-operation presented, on 5 February 2021, outcomes of three years of OSCE assistance to Ukraine in modernizing its system of protection from threats related to toxic and hazardous chemicals.
OSCE-organized workshop for criminal justice practitioners focuses on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery in Montenegro
Publishing date: 5 February 2021
An online training course on international co-operation in asset recovery and cross-border collaboration prior to and during the mutual legal assistance process, for criminal justice practitioners from Montenegro, was held from 2 to 4 February 2021.