News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes workshop on role of youth in combating corruption in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Tajik youth increased their understanding and knowledge about negative impacts of corruption and how they can prevent corruption in Tajikistan at an OSCE-organized workshop on 16 and 17 November 2021 in Dushanbe.
OSCE supports development of a public awareness-raising campaign on danger of misuse of weapons, ammunition and explosives in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Through two working sessions on 2 and 3 November and 19 November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop dedicated to designing a public outreach campaign, to raise awareness on the dangers of misuse and proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
OSCE and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime course highlights importance of financial intelligence in preventing and countering terrorism
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
How to undertake financial investigation to effectively cut off terrorism financing channels was the focus of a three-day training course for experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded on 18 November 2021.
OSCE promotes transboundary water co-operation in Chu-Talas River Basin
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
A working group meeting on environmental protection under the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Chu-Talas Water Commission (Commission) took place on 18 November 2021 in Almaty. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan (POiN) and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) in close co-operation with the Commission.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina releases ‘Maglaj- War and Peace’ documentary
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
“There are no winners in war” say the protagonists of ‘Maglaj – War and Peace’, a documentary by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina released publicly online today with the Swedish Embassy in Sarajevo on behalf of the 2021 Swedish Chairpersonship of the OSCE.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports implementing the National Strategy for Gender Equality
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
In November, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized two training modules for the commission for monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy for Gender Equality to enhance its capacities to facilitate inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral co-operation and to monitor, evaluate and report on implementation progress.
OSCE supports seminar for international election observers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
An OSCE-supported seminar for international observers aimed to enhance participants’ knowledge of the rights and obligations of election observers took place in Nur-Sultan on 18 November 2021. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event in co-operation with the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CEC) and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).