News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Sentencing journalists to prison greatly damages media freedom in Turkey, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative following Özgür Gündem trial
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
VIENNA, 3 April 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his disappointment over the court verdicts handed down today to a number of journalists and writers in the Özgür Gündem trial in Turkey...
OSCE Presence in Albania and Albanian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative join efforts to promote transparency at local level
Publishing date: 3 April 2019
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative signed on 2 April 2019 a co-operation agreement on joint activities to raise local capacities, promote transparency and strengthen anti-corruption efforts at local level.
WCO and OSCE deploy specialized PITCH training for Central Asian Customs
Publishing date: 2 April 2019
A four-day training programme on the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage (PITCH), organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with the support of the Border Management Unit of the OSCE Project Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, drew to a close on 29 March 2019.
Gender mainstreaming in parliament focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Skopje
Publishing date: 2 April 2019
An OSCE-supported one-day gender assessment workshop focusing on ways to strengthen women’s participation in the parliament took place in Skopje on 2 April 2019.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes two-day workshop on gender equality for municipal gender focal points
Publishing date: 2 April 2019
In order to promote gender equality at the local level, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, organized a two-day workshop on gender equality for municipal gender focal points on 28 and 29 March 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE and Institute of Police Education at Swedish Linnaeus University conduct train-the-trainer course on effective responses to gender-based violence for Bulgarian, Hungarian and Romanian officials
Publishing date: 1 April 2019
A four-day train-the-trainer course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for officials from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania was held from 25 to 29 March 2019, at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) Headquarters in Budapest, Hungary...
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Tajikistan’s 2020 National Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism held in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 1 April 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe held the fourth co-ordination meeting dedicated to the implementation of Tajikistan’s 2020 National Strategy and Action Plan on Prevention of Violent Extremism in Dushanbe on 29 March 2019. It was organized together with Tajikistan’s General Prosecutor’s Office.