News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Sweden’s parliamentary elections recommends measures to enhance campaign finance transparency, guarantee secrecy of the vote
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
While noting that there is public confidence in the election administration, the final report on the 9 September 2018 parliamentary elections in Sweden by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends taking measures to ensure the secrecy of the vote and the
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Germany
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Berlin and Karlsruhe from 19 to 21 November 2018 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election expert team for the 24 September 2017 elections to Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag).
Business ethics and compliance mechanisms in the healthcare sector focus of two-day training seminar organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
Business ethics and compliance mechanisms in the healthcare sector were the topics of a two-day training seminar for healthcare regulators and professionals organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) on 19 and 20 November 2018 in Tashkent, in support of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains municipal focal points on delivering training courses on gender equality and mainstreaming
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the Department for Gender Equality, delivered three two-day workshops during October and November 2018 to gender equality focal points from 12 Montenegrin municipalities on how to train their colleagues on understanding gender equality and gender mainstreaming...
OSCE Mission equips 15 primary schools in Kosovo with surveillance cameras
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
On 19 November 2018 the OSCE Mission in Kosovo completed the installation of indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras in the primary school Ali Hasi in the village Cërmjan/Crmljane, located in the municipality of Gjakovë/Djakovica, with the aim of reducing violence in schools. This brings the total number of schools equipped with cameras by the OSCE Mission to 15.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on regulating release and marketing of genetically modified organisms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a roundtable discussion on steps Kazakhstan could take to regulate the release and marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)- any organism or microorganism, including agricultural products, whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering- on 20 November 2018 in Astana...
OSCE trains election observers in Kazakhstan on media monitoring during elections
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
A training seminar dedicated to the monitoring of media coverage during elections concluded in Astana on 20 November 2018. The event was organized by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CEC) in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).