News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Call for applications for young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Building OSCE Youth Advisory Group
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Young leaders, activists, students, researchers and NGO representatives, aged 18 to 30 years old, and resident in Bosnia and Herzegovina are invited to apply for the OSCE Youth Advisory Group project to learn more about the OSCE’s work...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and partners host first regional panel on environmental management
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the NGO Environmental Movement Ozone, on 10 June 2014 in Podgorica hosted the first regional panel discussion on challenges and experiences in environmental management in the region...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports training on women’s economic empowerment
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 11 June 2014 presented certificates to 14 women who had completed a Mission-supported course on employment skills and economic empowerment in Budva municipality...
OSCE supports training on human rights of military personnel and torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan’s army
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a training course from 9-13 June 2014 on torture prevention and international and national standards regarding the rights and freedoms of military personnel...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s Government on tackling crimes by juveniles
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
Poverty, drugs, alcohol and peer pressure are the factors behind a sharp rise in the number of youths committing crimes in Kyrgyzstan, concludes a survey co-produced by the Police Matters Programme of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and presented on 13 June 2014...
Latest news from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 11 June (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 12 June 2014
The situation in Ukraine was calm, except parts of Donbas where tensions remained with no substantial changes compared to the previous days. The SMM has not reestablished communication with the four monitors from the Donetsk team and four monitors from the Luhansk team with whom it lost contact on 26 May and 29 May respectively...
Regional politicians meet at Cetinje Parliamentary Forum to discuss role of women in business
Publishing date: 12 June 2014
The Cetinje Parliamentary Forum “Women in business” was held on 9 and 10 June 2014 in Cetinje, bringing together parliamentary and government representatives from the Western Balkans and Turkey to discuss the challenges and potential for advancing women’s role in entrepreneurship...