News and press releases

An OSCE-supported seminar on the presentation of manuals on how to work in the rehabilitation of returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families took place on 22 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan...

VIENNA, 21 November 2019 – Not only the physical safety but also the legal safety of journalists needs to be protected, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir as he presented his biannual report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The construction work at Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge was finalized; civilians started walking over the new section of the bridge while

Defence against violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism requires an integrated approach, and educators are at the forefront of the defence against violent extremism tendencies. This was concluded at the workshop “Prevention of Violent Extremism and Radicalization Leading to Terrorism for Primary and Secondary School Professors”, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, on 19 and 20 November 2019 in Bijelo Polje and Bar...

New trends in elections and international best practices for observing them were the topics of a high-level panel discussion during an annual meeting on the implementation of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, which was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic

Good practices, challenges and lessons learned in law enforcement training and education, in particular with regard to the impact of modern technology and the role of women, is the focus of the second meeting of OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN), which brought together more than 40 participants to Vienna on 20 November 2019...

An OSCE-supported sub-regional workshop under the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on improving mining and tailings safety, with a special attention to transboundary implications, concluded on 21 November 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.