News and press releases

VIENNA, 18 May 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today condemned the attacks on journalists in Dushanbe and expressed her grave worries regarding the safety of media workers in Tajikistan. This comes following reports about two separate attacks in Dushanbe on teams of the Russian-language television and digital news network Current Time and the Tajik service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Ozodi after they conducted interviews about recent events in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region (GBAO).

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported Tajikistan’s delegation to visit Georgia on 9-16 May 2022. At the study visit, the delegation familiarised with Georgian approach in promoting environmental education in the context of Sustainable Development Goals, implementation of environmentally friendly business strategies and fostering the principles of green economy.

At the invitation of the national public service broadcaster – Radio Television Montenegro (RTCG), the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a three-day in-house training on live and emergency reporting for journalists of RTCG, from 16 to 18 May in Podgorica.

The OSCE has concluded a five-day visit to Kyrgyzstan to assess the ongoing police development and reform. The visit was a joint effort from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

The Jogorku Kenesh is the national parliament of Kyrgyzstan, it consists of 90 members of parliament, including 19 women MPs. Some 50 newly elected parliamentarians and staff of the administration of the Jogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan took part in a series of orientation seminars during April and May, organized with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. The seminars aimed to enhance professional knowledge and skills of the newly elected MPs and the staff, thereby strengthening the institutional capacity of the Jogorku Kenesh.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Gender Equality Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro, organised a roundtable discussion on “Achieving gender equality in political life in Montenegro: The role of political parties”, on 17 May 2022 in Podgorica.

VIENNA/WARSAW, 16 May 2022 – Human rights and democratic principles must continue to be the bedrock of societies across the OSCE region even as the Russian Federation’s military attack on Ukraine is creating unprecedented challenges to democratic institutions across the region, OSCE leaders said at the opening of a two-day conference today.