News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
The OSCE Office support workshop on biodiversity
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
A four-day training workshop on biodiversity conservation started in Baku on 22 May 2013...
Promoting civil society participation in law-making, oversight in Kosovo focus of OSCE initiative
Publishing date: 21 May 2013
The first in a series of meetings between the Assembly of Kosovo and civil society representatives on the improvement of co-operation and further inclusion of civil society in law-making concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 21 May 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR shares expertise with citizen election observer groups in Tunisia
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provided expertise on effective election observation reporting at a workshop for leaders of Tunisian citizen election observer groups in Tunis on 16 and 17 May 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports advanced surveillance training for police officers
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
Ten police officers from the Interior Ministry’s Undercover Operations Department will be trained on how to effectively use technical and electronic devices during surveillance in Ankara from 20 to 24 May 2013. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Mission supports exchange between Serbian and Finnish women parliamentarians’ networks
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
From 14 to 17 May 2013, members of the newly established Serbian Women’s Parliamentary Network travelled to Helsinki to exchange experiences with representatives from the Finnish Women’s Parliamentary Network and other institutions working in the field of gender equality...
OSCE/ODIHR regional roundtable supports development of efficient criminal legal aid mechanisms in Central Asia
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
Representatives of ministries of justice, working groups on legal aid laws and the judiciary, as well as members of bar associations, international organizations and civil society organizations in Central Asia exchanged their views on the latest developments in legislation on criminal legal aid during a roundtable event held in Bishkek on 15 and16 May 2013...