News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar highlights methods of protecting energy infrastructure from natural hazards in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 31 July 2019
An OSCE-organized seminar on developing effective methods for protecting energy infrastructure from natural hazards was held in Ashgabat on 30 and 31 July 2019...
Montenegrin Law on Audio-Visual Media Services to be aligned with international standards
Publishing date: 30 July 2019
A public consultation was organized today in Podgorica by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Montenegro on the proposal for the law on Audio-Visual Media Services. Participants included representatives of media companies and NGOs dealing with issues related to media...
OSCE Representative expresses concern about obstruction to journalists’ activities at Moscow demonstration, calls for respect of media’s role during public events
Publishing date: 29 July 2019
VIENNA, 29 July 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today about a series of attacks against journalists and the obstruction to media activities during an election-related demonstration on 27 July in Moscow...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region
Publishing date: 29 July 2019
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region, with the participation of some 35 representatives from the local authorities, the business community and environmental NGOs was held on 29 July 2019 in Taldykorgan...
Smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property focus of OSCE-supported training course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 July 2019
A two-day training course on the fight against smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property concluded on 26 July 2019 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Mission to BiH, the Centre for the Fight against Trafficking in Art and the Agency for Education and Professional Training of the BiH Ministry of Security...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports exchange of experience between service providers for domestic violence survivors
Publishing date: 29 July 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova supported an exposure visit for a group of 16 social service providers to a centre for counselling domestic violence aggressors in the district of Drochia, in the north of Moldova on 23 and 24 July 2019. The service providers from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River and the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia had an opportunity to learn from the unique experience of the Drochia Centre, which has pioneered working with both domestic violence perpetrators and survivors...
OSCE Programme Office supports live exercise to counter drug-related money laundering in Nur-Sultan
Publishing date: 26 July 2019