News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Educators are at forefront of defence against violent extremism tendencies, conclude participants at OSCE training course in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
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...
Increasing professionalism and impartiality of international election observation the focus of ODIHR-hosted meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
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
OSCE Annual Meeting of the Focal Points of Police Academies Network
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
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...
OSCE supports sub-regional workshop on strengthening mine tailings safety in Almaty
Publishing date: 21 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.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 90th Russian convoy of eight vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
On 21 November at 06:30 (Moscow time), the ninetieth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of eight vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All eight vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 11:25 on 21 November...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 275/2019 issued on 20 November 2019
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM continued to monitor the situation at the Petrivske disengagement area. The Mission observed ongoing dismantling of defensive positions and demining activities in
OSCE and international partners open regional workshop in South-Eastern Europe on protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 20 November 2019
How to strengthen critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks is being explored at a three-day regional expert workshop for national representatives from eight OSCE participating States in South-Eastern Europe, which opened on 19 November 2019 in Skopje...