News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Roma and Egyptian women activists
Publishing date: 24 April 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a training course to accredit Roma and Egyptian women activists as “confidential persons” who will serve as advocates for victims of domestic violence and early marriages. The three-day event was organized together with the Centre for Roma Initiative and concluded on 20 April 2019 in Podgorica.
Fundamental freedoms respected in competitive Ukraine election, though campaign lacked genuine discussion of issues, international observers say
Publishing date: 22 April 2019
KYIV, 22 April 2019 – The presidential election in Ukraine was competitive and held with respect for fundamental freedoms, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. The orderly transfer of power should offer the opportunity for strengthening democratic institutions and their accountability, although the campaign for both rounds lacked genuine discussion of issues of public concern, the statement says...
OSCE trains journalists on legal regulation of media on the Internet in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 April 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the mechanisms for the legal regulation and digital security of media on the internet took place on 19 April 2019 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan...
OSCE works to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary establishments
Publishing date: 19 April 2019
A capacity-building training course for staff of the Probation body and Settlement colonies was organized in Osh, Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek from 15 to 19 April 2019 on how to support the rehabilitation of persons convicted of crimes related to violent extremism and terrorism...
OSCE supports training course for police crisis negotiators in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 April 2019
Strengthening the capacity of police crisis negotiators from across Kazakhstan was the focus of a five-day training course held from 15 to 19 April 2019 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Karaganda...
ODIHR, OSCE Mission to Serbia support implementation of Serbian law on lobbying
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
Lobbying against corruption was the topic of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 16 to 18 April in Belgrade. The event gathered 52 participants (36 women and 16 men) from the Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency, the Embassy of the United States and civil society organizations...
OSCE Mission supports three Montenegrin municipalities in developing Local Action Plans on Gender Equality
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
As part of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro’s ongoing support to municipalities in achieving gender equality, the Mission, in partnership with the Department for Gender Equality within the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, organized three workshops to support the development of local action plans on gender equality in the municipalities of Rožaje, Mojkovac and Cetinje from 10 to 15 April 2019...