News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR workshops in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan help strengthen civil society responses to hate crime
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
Strengthening the ability of civil society to identify and report hate crimes, and to better support the victims of these crimes, was at the centre of two training workshops organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) this week in Bishkek and Almaty. The
ODIHR final report on Iceland parliamentary elections recommends further steps to codify election administration regulations and practice, increase transparency of campaign finance
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 28 October 2017 early parliamentary elections in Iceland recommends measures to ensure greater legal certainty and coherence in areas such as candidate registration and voting procedures, as well as to
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan, urges release of remaining imprisoned journalists
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed the news that journalist Yusuf Ruzimurodov, who has spent 19 years in jail, has been released.
At meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Fico, OSCE media freedom representative calls for full and transparent investigation of journalist’s murder
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, travelled today to Bratislava to meet with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as well as with Slovak journalists and to pay tribute to the murdered journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée.
OSCE hosts regional training course on Live Data Forensics in Tirana
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
Enhancing the knowledge and skills of criminal justice practitioners from South-Eastern Europe in live data forensics was the focus of a one-week training course hosted by the OSCE from 26 February to 2 March 2018 at the Albanian Security Academy in Tirana.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 28 February 2018
Publishing date: 1 March 2018
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission observed damage caused by shelling to and near civilian properties in Slovianoserbsk and Molodizhne. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske and observed ceasefire violations near the Zolote disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including, again, at three crossing points at the border with the Russian Federation in Luhansk region.*
85th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 1 March 2018
ERGNETI, 1 March 2018-The discussions under the 85th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting started in Ergneti on 1 March 2018.