News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chair Lajčák visits reopened Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge; hails progress in building confidence but says major steps still needed to resolve conflict
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
KHARKOV/STANYTSIA LUHANSKA, Ukraine, 29 November 2019 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, together with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Bodnar, today visited the repaired and reopened Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge...
Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro addresses ‘Women’s Parliament’ as part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
“The OSCE recognizes violence against women as both a threat to individuals and a broader security concern,” said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, in an address on 29 November 2019 to the 11th session of the ‘Women’s Parliament’, held within Montenegro’s Parliament, as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence international campaign...
OSCE and World Energy Council Austria join efforts to promote energy security dialogue
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
The impact of big data and digitalization on energy, security and society was the focus of the 2nd Vienna Energy Strategy Dialogue, which concluded on 29 November 2019 in Vienna...
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities organizes workshop on multilingual education in Moldova
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
The development of bilingual and multilingual education policies and programmes was the focus of a workshop organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and hosted by Moldova’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Research in Chisinau on 28 November 2019...
“Annual Security Review Days 2019” conference concludes in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
SARAJEVO, 29 November 2019 – Arms control, violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism, and cyber security were the focus of “Annual Security Review Days 2019”, a three-day conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports regional meeting that examines challenges and threats posed by new psychoactive drugs
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
The emerging threat to the health and safety of society posed by new psychoactive drugs was the focus of a regional meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Health and the Police Directorate, on 26 and 27 November 2019 in Podgorica...
Turkmenistan hosts Istanbul Process Regional Infrastructure working groups preparatory meeting supported by OSCE
Publishing date: 29 November 2019
Promoting economic connectivity through regional stability was the focus of an OSCE-supported preparatory meeting of the Regional Technical Groups (RTG) of the Regional Infrastructure: Confidence Building (RI-CBM) Measures held on 29 November 2019. The event was organized within the framework of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan.