News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Leadership, women’s political participation and public speaking skills in focus of OSCE-supported webinar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 September 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan, the UN Women Office in Kazakhstan, and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized an online event for women politicians and those that aspire to become politically active, from 16 to 19 September 2020...
OSCE Mission to BiH supports a sitting volleyball tournament in Maglaj
Publishing date: 19 September 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) supported Maglaj Municipality in organizing a sitting volleyball tournament on 19 September 2020 in Maglaj...
OSCE supports training webinar on countering financial pyramids and increasing financial literacy of population
Publishing date: 18 September 2020
An OSCE-supported one-day training webinar on fighting financial pyramids and practical aspects of improving the financial literacy of the general population concluded on 18 September 2020...
OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism invoked to examine alleged human rights violations in Belarus
Publishing date: 18 September 2020
Seventeen OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE’s so-called Moscow Mechanism on 17 September 2020. Seventeen OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism on 17 September 2020 to examine alleged human rights violations in Belarus. The Moscow Mechanism, last invoked in 2018 in
Infodemic toolkit to fight disinformation on COVID-19 launched by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 18 September 2020
TASHKENT, 18 September 2020- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) launches an infodemic toolkit (https://infodemictoolkit.org/en/) for media professionals to counter myths and fake information related to COVID-19. It is available in Uzbek, Russian and English.
OSCE supports workshop on strengthening capacity of government agencies in COVID-19 response by promoting women’s participation
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
An OSCE-supported 6-day intensive workshop on the “Activities of state bodies during state of emergencies and emergency situations: interaction and problems. The role of women employees during emergencies", concluded today, 16 September, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) uses OSCE online module to raise awareness about Intelligence-Led Policing among officers from Central and Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 15 September 2020
Around 30 law enforcement officials from Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia will participate on 15 and 16 September 2020 in an online module on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) organized by the OSCE with the support of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)...