News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported re-training programme for certified Ukrainian cyber police officers launched in Kharkiv
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
KHARKIV, Ukraine, 3 October 2016- An OSCE-supported re-training programme for cyber police officers in Ukraine was launched today at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs...
OSCE opens training centre to improve the quality of environmental monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 October 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the opening of a training centre in Osh with the aim of increasing the capacity of state and public inspectors of the State Inspectorate of Environmental and Technical Safety (SIETS) and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SAEPF)...
OSCE promotes international standards to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the UN Istanbul Protocol on Torture and related technical standards began on 3 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports training seminar on labour migration management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
ASTANA, 3 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on labour migration management for some 25 central and regional migration and employment authorities began today in Astana...
OSCE-supported “Building Bridges” event in Skopje gathers students of different communities to interact together
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
SKOPJE, 2 October 2016 – More than 600 students from 27 schools around the country came together for a day of songs, dance performances, theatre plays and sport games,, as part of the Building Bridges Fund event, organized today by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 30 September 2016
Publishing date: 2 October 2016
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, including 255 explosions compared with 198 in the previous reporting period. In Luhansk region the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, most assessed as live-fire exercise at a training area outside the security zone. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement process near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. The SMM noted progress in demining and removal of obstacles in Zolote. The SMM was restricted in its freedom of movement, including in the areas of Petrivske and Zolote, on both sides of the Shchastia bridge, as well as at a border area currently not under government control.* The SMM observed lack of water supply in several areas north of Luhansk. The Mission monitored the departure of internally displaced persons from Odessa towards areas not under government control in Donetsk region...
Refugee and migrant crisis in focus at OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting in Skopje
Publishing date: 2 October 2016
SKOPJE, 2 October 2016 – The refugee and migrant crisis and the potential of the OSCE and its parliamentarians to help mitigate the situation were the focus of debate today during the final session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting...