News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes parliamentarism among young people in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
On 15 July 2013 the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan hosted the concluding session of the Youth Model Parliament, an OSCE–supported project...
Young people from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river discuss environmental protection and building trust, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 16 July 2013
An OSCE-supported summer school held from 4 to 14 July 2013 brought together 80 young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in a beach town of Molovata Noua...
ODIHR highlights value of professional and ethical standards for parliamentarians at Georgia conference
Publishing date: 15 July 2013
The importance of a credible code of conduct for parliamentarians as a tool for building trust in democracy was highlighted by Georgian members of parliament and civil society at a conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Parliament of Georgia in Tbilisi on 15 July 2013...
ODIHR meeting examines good practices and challenges in regulating NGO access to foreign funding
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
The importance of fundraising – and access to sources of foreign funding, in particular – to allowing NGOs to freely conduct their activities was highlighted in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 11 July 2013...
Improving transparency and democratic functioning of political parties focus of ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
Strategies to improve the internal democratic functioning of political parties were highlighted at an expert seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 10 and 11 July 2013...
Border delimitation and demarcation topic of OSCE meeting in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
A two-day seminar on delimitation and demarcation in Central Asia was organized by the OSCE in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan on 4 and 5 July...
Parliamentary by-elections in Georgia on 27 April competitive, says OSCE/ODIHR in final report, recommends improvements to legal framework
Publishing date: 9 July 2013
The parliamentary by-elections held in Georgia on 27 April 2013 were competitive and candidates were able to campaign freely, but aspects of the legal framework could benefit from further review, concludes the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 9 July 2013...