News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Inauguration of OSCE booth at Astana Expo2017 puts importance of economic and environmental international security co-operation on centre stage
Publishing date: 17 June 2017
Vienna, 17 June 2017 – The OSCE officially joined the ranks of 22 other high-profile international organizations that are this year participating in Astana EXPO-2017 on the theme of “Future Energy” by holding an inaugural ceremony on 14 June 2017.
OSCE Mission to Serbia and Prosecutor`s Office for Organized Crime jointly support more efficient seizure of proceeds from crime
Publishing date: 16 June 2017
Some 40 court presidents, prosecutors, judges, deputy prosecutors and representatives of the Ministry of Interior`s Service for Combating Organized Crime discussed the impact of recently introduced amendments to the Law on Seizure of the Proceeds from Crime during the joint OSCE Mission to Serbia/Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (POOC) roundtable discussion in Belgrade on 16 June 2017...
OSCE-supported changes to legal regulations on private economic activity to save Kyrgyzstan businesses around 17 million EUR
Publishing date: 15 June 2017
The Kyrgyzstan Government’s Regulatory Reform Council reviewed on 8 June 2017 the third package of recommendations for improving the legal framework regulating private economic activity, developed under the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek’s project Systematic Analysis of Regulations (SAR)...
OSCE PA President Muttonen condemns shooting of U.S. Congressman and staff, hopes for full recovery
Publishing date: 14 June 2017
COPENHAGEN, 14 June 2017 – Following a shooting at a baseball field in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, DC, which eyewitnesses said appeared to target Members of Congress, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement:..
Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and Ukrainian Culture Ministry organize conference on diversity in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 June 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine organized a conference on “Integration with respect to diversity: legal standards and good practices from across the OSCE region” on 13 June 2017 in Odessa. Participants discussed two
OSCE continues to increase justice sector capacity to effectively prosecute cases of domestic violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 13 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova partnered with the National Institute of Justice on 8 and 9 June to launch a new training cycle that aims to boost the capacity of justice sector actors to prosecute instances of domestic violence. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together 22 prosecutors and judges to study how to identify and assist domestic violence victims in the context of recent amendments to Moldovan legislation...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro concludes series of workshops on empowerment of Roma and Egyptian women
Publishing date: 13 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro concluded a series of three workshops on empowerment of Roma and Egyptian women in Montenegro, on 6 June 2017....