News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts for enhanced security of small arms and light weapons stockpiles
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
The OSCE Mission to Skopje hosted a workshop for the country’s Ministry of Interior representatives on how to improve Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) security within the Border Police Service...
ODIHR final report on Montenegro’s presidential election recommends comprehensive review of electoral legislation
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 15 April 2018 presidential election in Montenegro recommends a comprehensive and inclusive reform of the election legislation. The aim of the reform should be to harmonize provisions in different
OSCE PA human rights Chair condemns anti-Roma attack in Ukraine, raises alarm at increasing intolerance
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2018- The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's human rights committee today expressed her deep concern about a recent deadly attack on a Roma community in western Ukraine. Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), who also serves as a Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, offered sincere condolences on behalf of the Assembly to the families of the victims, and called for a thorough investigation into this apparent hate crime...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes amendment to Polish ‘Holocaust law’ about which he previously raised serious concerns
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
VIENNA, 28 June 2018- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomed yesterday’s initiative by the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, to amend the ‘Holocaust law’ and the swift decision by the lower house of Poland’s parliament to remove criminal penalties for ascribing any responsibility to the Polish nation for the Holocaust, including suggestions regarding its complicity...
OSCE hosts regional seminar for judicial officials on countering terrorist use of the Internet in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
ALMATY, 28 June 2018 – A two-day regional seminar on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes for Central Asian judges, prosecutors, investigators and lawmakers began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Trilateral Contact Group Meeting of 27 June 2018
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
MINSK, 27 June 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 27 June 2018:
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for a balanced and inclusive policy to accommodate the diversity of society during meeting with Ukraine government representative
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier, met with Vasyl Bodnar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, on 27 September in The Hague. They discussed matters related to interethnic relations in Ukraine and Ukraine’s bilateral relations with its neighbours...