News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and adelphi conclude first regional consultation on climate change and security in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
VIENNA, 23 February 2021 – Opportunities for transboundary co-operation to address climate-related security risks in South-Eastern Europe were virtually presented today to an audience of over 100 participants at the Regional Consultation Process on Climate Change and Security in South-Eastern Europe. The event was the result of a series of three interactive regional consultation workshops and three surveys on climate change and security, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Berlin-based think tank adelphi...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Albania
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
On 22 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Igli Hasani to discuss media freedom developments in Albania and ways in which the Representative can provide assistance.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 23 February 2021
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.
OSCE Presence organizes workshop on lustration processes in Albania
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized an online workshop, on 22 February 2021, to discuss lustration policies and processes in Albania since the collapse of the dictatorship 30 years ago. The event called “Lustration in Albania: The past and the future” – part of the Presence’s work in the field of the transitional justice – brought together national and international institutions, experts and practitioners, as well as lecturers and students from the public University of Tirana and private universities...
Harassment of women in public sphere, focus of OSCE Mission to BiH-hosted discussion
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized an online round table discussion on the harassment of women in the public sphere on 23 February 2021...
OSCE supports Meeting of Executive Board of Permanent Conference of Prosecutors
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
The programmatic activities for 2021 and a decision on the next host country for its Secretariat were the focus of the meeting of the Executive Board of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) held on 23 February 2021.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Slovenia
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
On 22 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Barbara Žvokelj to discuss the current state of media freedom in Slovenia and possible areas of future co-operation with the Slovenian authorities.