News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
In Vienna, OSCE PA Special Representative on Fighting Corruption develops co-operative approaches with counterparts from UN and OSCE
Publishing date: 18 September 2019
VIENNA, 18 September 2019 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Fighting Corruption Irene Charalambides (MP, Cyprus) is in Vienna this week for meetings with representatives from the United Nations and OSCE. Charalambides has explored with counterparts avenues for co-operation and developing ways for OSCE parliamentarians to counter corruption’s detrimental effects...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 220/2019 issued on 17 September 2019
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas completing asphalting of the road north of the broken
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 17 September 2019
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative raises serious concern about lawsuits and brief detention of journalist in Croatia
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
WARSAW, 17 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern over the lawsuits and detention of a journalist in Croatia yesterday morning...
OSCE-supported workshop explored links between research and policy-making in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
Collection and analysis of migration-related data to shape effective policy-making were the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Employment and Labour Relations Ministry of Uzbekistan, on 16 and 17 September 2019 in Tashkent...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, together with Serbia’s public institutions, launches Professional Practice Programme for youth from southwest Serbia
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
The OSCE Mission to Serbia, in co-operation with Serbia’s institutions, launched the 2019 Professional Practice Programme on 17 September in Belgrade. The Programme enables five young professionals from Novi Pazar and Raška, southwest Serbia, to work with central institutions from September to December 2019. It is the first part of the two-year project Legal Learning Project for Southwest Serbia, funded by the U.S. Mission to the OSCE...
Assessing resolution of election disputes focus of new ODIHR handbook for election observers
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
As part of its efforts to develop and refine its election observation methodology, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new publication at an event in Warsaw on 17 September 2019, during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The Handbook for