News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on collecting intelligence data on terrorism
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Interior Ministry holds a specialized training course for police officers in Skopje from 27 to 31 May 2013 on collecting operational intelligence data on terrorism...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains civil society organizations on how to better identify and report hate crimes
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
Some 30 members of civil society organizations participated in a two-day training event on how to improve reporting on hate crimes, which was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Veles on 27 May 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over prison sentences for defamation in Italy, reiterates her call to decriminalize libel
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
VIENNA, 27 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about prison sentences handed down to three journalists in Italy for libel...
OSCE helps chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions develop professional skills
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
A five-day training seminar for chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s detention facilities, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service, ended in Bishkek on 24 May 2013...
Cleaning up Kosovo as a model for civic engagement
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
On the occasion of this year’s World Clean Up Day, more than 140 OSCE Mission members helped tidy up public spaces throughout Kosovo, as part of the ‘Let’s Do It Kosovo!’ action on 24 May 2013...
International standards of freedom of religion or belief legislation discussed at OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
At an event organized by the OSCE in Ashgabat on 24 May 2013, experts on questions of religious freedom legislation discussed with Turkmen officials the country’s Law on Religious Freedom and Religious Organizations...
OSCE War Crimes Processing Project in BiH expands to two more jurisdictions
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s War Crimes Processing Project has been further expanded to cover two additional jurisdictions in BiH. The expansion of the project to one additional cantonal jurisdiction and one additional district jurisdiction in the RS was made possible by the recent financial contributions of the government of Germany...