News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE introduces best practices for handling domestic violence cases in Moldova’s Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova facilitated a workshop for 22 law enforcement officers and six public defender lawyers on how to better investigate domestic violence cases and protect the rights of the victims on 16-17 November.
OSCE-supported third Aarhus Centre opened in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A third Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan, located in Chlopon-Ata in the Issyk-Kul region, was officially opened with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry of Kygryzstan (SAEPF) on 9 November 2017...
OSCE parliamentarians call for enhanced international co-operation on migration in Malta conference
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
VALLETTA, 16 November 2017 – Senior Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration are in Malta for discussions on promoting co-operation related to migration in the Mediterranean region. The conference, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the Parliament of Malta, will serve as parliamentary input to United Nations discussions on global compacts on refugees and migrants next year...
OSCE holds co-ordination meetings with the OSCE-supported Women Resource Centres in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
Two co-ordination meetings between 15 OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs) were organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 14 November 2017, bringing together 45 participants from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan....
OSCE builds capacities of Tajik government officials and psychologists in providing justice for children
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A three-day training seminar organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe for government officials and local psychologists on justice for children concluded on 17 November 2017 in Varzob, Tajikistan...
OSCE hosts workshop in Tajikistan on role of media in covering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
A four-day workshop on the role of the media in covering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism (VERLT) concluded on 17 November 2017 in Dushanbe...
82nd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
ERGNETI, 16 November 2017- On 16 November 2017, the 82nd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held in Ergneti. Erik Hoeeg, Acting Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Guenther Baechler, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, co-facilitated the event...