News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE presents its Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing at headquarters of League of Arab States
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit presented the Arabic translation of the OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing at a launch event organized jointly with the League of Arab States at the League’s headquarters in Cairo on 14 November 2018...
Addressing security needs of Jewish communities in Western Balkans focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Skopje
Publishing date: 13 November 2018
The security needs of Jewish communities were at the centre of discussion at a regional conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Skopje on 12 and 13 November 2018. The conference, organized in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign
Times of Malta must be able to protect confidential sources, says OSCE media freedom Representative
Publishing date: 11 November 2018
Vienna, 11 November 2018. Today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, called on all authorities to drop the request to the editor of the Times of Malta to disclose a source of information used in a report on a planned takeover of a building project, after the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) made such request to the daily newspaper.
OSCE completes annual series of seminars on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 November 2018
The last in an annual series of five OSCE-supported training seminars on human rights protection mechanisms concluded in the Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, on 9 November 2018...
OSCE supports First Rural Women’s Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 November 2018
Women’s contribution to the sustainable development of rural areas in Kazakhstan was the focus of the First Rural Women’s Forum which concluded on 9 November 2018 in Astana...
Second training course for high schools and NGOs organized by OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Regional Youth Co-operation Office
Publishing date: 8 November 2018
Capacity-building training courses for 15 potential Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) applicants, held in the spirit of reconciliation among the youth in the region, were organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and RYCO, from 4 to 7 November 2018 in Podgorica...
20th Central Asia Media Conference concludes in Astana, OSCE Representative calls for pluralistic and free media landscape
Publishing date: 8 November 2018
ASTANA, 8 November 2018 – The 20th Central Asia Media Conference for media representatives and experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, concludes today in Astana...