News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR observers to Kazakhstan’s early presidential election to hold press conference on Wednesday
Publishing date: 17 October 2022
ASTANA, 17 October 2022 – Observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a press conference on the opening of the observation mission to the forthcoming early presidential election in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, 19 October.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Police Academy discuss possibilities for co-operation in order to meet needs of police cadets
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
On 14 October, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Dominique Waag, visited the Police Academy in Danilovgrad and met with its acting director Vladimir Stanišić. The meeting discussed challenges that the Academy faces and possibilities for future co-operation.
OSCE Presence in Albania and partners discuss achievements and future plans of small arms and light weapons project
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
The second executive committee of the project “Assisting the national authorities of the Republic of Albania to decrease the risk of weapon proliferation and misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)” was gathered in Tirana on 14 October 2022. The project is implemented by the OSCE Presence in
Dire situation of Nobel laureates Ressa and Muratov shows need to continue defending media freedom, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
VIENNA, 14 October 2022 — One year after prominent journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, the media freedom situation has further deteriorated, stated OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro today. While the Novaya Gazeta newspaper in the Russian Federation, of which Dmitri Muratov is chief-editor, was ordered to shut down, Maria Ressa now faces the immediate threat of imprisonment for her journalistic work.
Conference on border security and management, counter-terrorism, to take place in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
The International High-Level Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists” will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 18 to 19 October 2022.
OSCE concludes training on the Identification of Forged Documents for the Albanian Border Police in Tirana
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
From 10 to 14 October, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, organized advanced training on the Identification of Forged Documents for 15 border police officers (3 women, 12 men) from Albania.
OSCE organizes lecture course on political communication for students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 October 2022
Some seventy students representing the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Magtymguly Turkmen State University and the International University for Humanities and Development attended an OSCE-organized lecture course on political communication, which took