News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Tashkent on 3 and 4 July 2017 to present recommendations from ODIHR’s final report on the 4 December 2016 early presidential election in Uzbekistan. The report’s findings
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains police to conduct online investigations into human trafficking
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Fifteen police investigators specializing in investigating human trafficking and related crimes completed a training course organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 26 to 29 June 2017 to enhance their operational skills in online investigations into human trafficking...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports study tour to Finland for Tajik women politicians
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Seven prominent Tajik women politicians, including a member of parliament, representing each of the registered political parties in Tajikistan, took part in a study visit to Finland from 29 May to 2 June 2017. The visit, part of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe’s programme to promote gender mainstreaming, was jointly organized by the Office, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE and the Foreign Ministry of Finland...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan starts professional training courses for female managers
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
A series of OSCE-supported professional managerial training courses for women organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) were launched on 3 July 2017 in an opening ceremony at the Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT)...
OSCE parliamentarians meet this week in Minsk to produce recommendations on security, economics, environment and human rights
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
MINSK, 3 July 2017 – Held under the theme “Enhancing mutual trust and co-operation for peace and prosperity in the OSCE region,” the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2017 Annual Session will begin Wednesday with keynote speeches by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen, and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...
Left-bank NGOs discuss how to better meet local needs at OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported event
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered 18 civil society representatives from Transdniestria on 29 June 2017 for the second in a series of Civil Society Club meetings organized this year. The event, held in Parcani, focused on improving NGOs’ public outreach and ability to better meet local needs...
OSCE Secretariat and EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) sign agreement on mutual co-operation
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
Senior officials from the OSCE Secretariat and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) signed a document on 3 July 2017 in Vienna to strengthen mutual co-operation with the aim of enhancing the capacities of law enforcement in the fight against transnational threats, including serious and organized crime...