News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Mongolia
Publishing date: 16 December 2016
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Ulaanbaatar on 13 and 14 December 2016 to present recommendations from the final report on the 29 June parliamentary elections in Mongolia. The report’s findings and
OSCE Mission-supported online course promotes local self-governance and good governance in Serbia
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
Some 350 newly-elected councillors from local self-government units received certificates marking their successful completion of an online course on the system of local self-governments and good governance, at a ceremony held on 14 December 2016 in Belgrade. The course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, is designed for councillors who took up seats in local assemblies for the first time after the April elections...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro awards local municipalities for innovative services for citizens
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior and Union of Municipalities awarded local municipalities on 12 December 2016 for their work in various areas, recognizing the quality of their work and innovation in providing services to citizens...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan awards winners of anti-corruption contest
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
TASHKENT, 15 December 2016 – An OSCE-supported national contest of the best artistic works that highlight anti-corruption concluded today in Tashkent in a ceremony dedicated to last week’s International Anti-Corruption Day...
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan addresses critical energy infrastructure protection
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
ASHGABAT, 15 December 2016 – Some 15 law-enforcement officials and energy experts from Turkmenistan discussed best practices in the area of critical energy infrastructure protection at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine conduct its first national assessment of risks related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
KYIV, 15 December 2016 – The results of Ukraine’s first-ever national money-laundering and financing of terrorism risk assessment, conducted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, were presented today to the country’s expert community at an event in Kyiv...
First OSCE workshop on international criminal law and transitional justice for law students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
SARAJEVO, 15 December 2016- A group of 16 advanced law students from the Universities of Sarajevo and Banja Luka completed today the sixth and final session of the OSCE’s first Extracurricular Workshop on International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice. The workshop prepared the future legal practitioners to enable them to enter the judiciary better equipped to tackle the issues that arise in war crimes cases...