News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Mainstreaming gender in border security focus of OSCE-hosted training course in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 August 2019
An interactive three-day Training-of-Trainers (ToT) course on mainstreaming gender in border security, organized by the OSCE’s Border Security and Management Unit of the Transnational Threats Department, concluded on 28 August 2019 in Vienna...
OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for co-operation in 2020
Publishing date: 28 August 2019
Officials from the OSCE, the Government of Tajikistan and civil society representatives met on 23 August 2019 to discuss their joint activities for 2020.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports training on improving convergent reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 August 2019
In order to support media in Montenegro to improve their convergent reporting skills, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro is organizing ten-day in-house training courses for six media outlets from 22 to 31 August 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE strengthens Kyrgyzstan’s national capacities to prevent and counter use of Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 26 August 2019
A three-day national table-top exercise (TTX) on preventing and countering the use of the internet for terrorist purposes, for some 30 Kyrgyz representatives from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, including representatives of government, law enforcement, civil society, media, academia and the private sector, began on 25 August 2019 in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and EUFOR co-organize workshop at ammunition testing laboratory in Doboj
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the European Union Force in BiH (EUFOR) jointly organized a training workshop for Armed Forces of BiH on the management of weapons and ammunition storage from 20 to 22 August 2019. The event took place at the Laboratory for the Chemical and Thermal Analysis of Ammunition, which is situated in the Technical Workshop for Repair and Destruction of Ammunition (TROM) in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Kyrgyzstan hosts 11th annual OSCE regional workshop on countering improvised explosive devices
Publishing date: 22 August 2019
The 11th annual OSCE regional workshop “Explosive Hazards Reduction and Response: Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs)” is taking place in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 18-23 August, 2019. The five-day event brought together over thirty international experts to discuss recent developments in national, regional, and global C-IEDs strategies. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in close co-operation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan...
North Macedonia presidential election 2019: ODIHR observation mission final report
Publishing date: 21 August 2019
Following the presidential election in North Macedonia on 21 April and 5 May 2019, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published its final report. The election was overall well-administered, despite some technical challenges. Voters were able to make an informed