News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Summer School brings together students from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river to learn about local ecosystem
Publishing date: 21 July 2014
An OSCE-supported summer school held from 10 to 20 July 2014 brought together 70 young students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in the riverside town of Molovata Noua...
OSCE Presence in Albania trains probation officers on Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
On 15-18 July 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 30 probation officers from across the country as well as members of the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training introduced the newly-developed Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults (OASJ) and effective approaches to working with juvenile offenders. This assessment and related user manual was developed by a working group chaired by the Presence...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 17 July
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
The SMM is currently making its way to the crash site in the Donetsk region, where a civilian aircraft came down, leading to the deaths of 298 people on 17 July. The SMM intends to monitor the situation at the scene and report accordingly...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 16 July
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. Other areas of Ukraine remained calm. Protesters in front of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Lviv demanded the release of a Ukrainian military pilot, who was abducted by armed groups operating in Donbas and is now reportedly in custody in Russia...
OSCE representative urges Montenegro media community to urgently raise ethical standards, welcomes arrest of suspects over attempted murder of journalist
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
PODGORICA, 17 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the readiness of the media community in Montenegro to launch a process to improve media self-regulation in the country and to start the process of confidence-building between media actors...
OSCE trains Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on victim and witness protection
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office conducted on 15 and 16 July 2014 a training seminar for law enforcement bodies on effective measures in protecting victims and witnesses of organized and serious crimes...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Hungary’s parliamentary elections recommends ensuring clear separation between state and party
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
Legal amendments to prevent the governing party from having an undue campaign advantage and periodic independent reviews of constituency boundaries are among the main recommendations made in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 6 April 2014 parliamentary elections in Hungary.