News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Uzbekistan hosts OSCE-supported international conference on role of youth in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
TASHKENT, 12 June, 2018- Raising awareness and formulating policy recommendations on the need to engage and empower youth in preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was the focus of a two-day international conference that ended today. The event, organized by the OSCE in co-operation with the upper house of the parliament, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the United Nations, was held in Tashkent and Samarkand, respectively.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 12 June 2018
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs)...
In visit to Serbia, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation welcomes progress in migration management, accommodations for unaccompanied minors
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
BELGRADE, 12 June 2018 – Improvements in the accommodation of migrants and refugees in Serbia have been welcomed by a delegation led by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Nahima Lanjri (MP, Belgium), with parliamentarians noting that other OSCE countries can learn from these positive developments. They pointed out however that Serbia’s capacity needs to be expanded and adapted to fully meet the needs of unaccompanied minors...
Safety of journalists during critical events focus of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Internal Affairs Ministry and Journalists’ Association workshop with journalists and police officers
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
SKOPJE, 12 June 2018 – Improving the safety of journalists during critical events was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop today in Skopje, which brought together some 20 journalists and police officers...
OSCE helps Ukraine to improve control and risk management for prevention of major accidents involving dangerous substances
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
Ukraine’s challenges in modernizing its chemical regulatory system to meet international standard were discussed at an OSCE Project Co-ordinator-hosted workshop on 12 and 13 June in Kyiv...
ODIHR publishes manual on joint training on hate crime for police and prosecutors in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new publication to help train police and prosecutors to address hate crimes in Bulgaria at a workshop organized in partnership with the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Institute of Justice on 12 June 2018 in Sofia.
ODIHR hosts exhibition in Warsaw celebrating prominent women of 19th and 20th-century Georgia
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
An exhibition of images and biographies of distinguished women of Georgia – painters, artists, writers and public figures – who redefined women’s roles in the 19th and 20th-century Georgian society opened at the headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in