News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports national seminar on a whole-of-society approach to prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in Serbia
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
A two-day national seminar on a whole-of-society approach to preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) concluded on 26 November 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes capacity-building course for administrators of local youth services
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
In co-operation with the Directorate for Sports and Youth, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a capacity building training course for young women and men engaged in local youth services across the country from 25 to 27 November 2021.
Development and introduction of training courses on preventing domestic violence focus of OSCE organized seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
On 25 and 26 November 2021, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat organized an online seminar on developing and introducing training courses focused on preventing and responding to domestic violence for the institutions and academies of the law enforcement bodies of Turkmenistan.
OSCE organizes regional train-the-trainers course on cybercrime in Central Asia
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
A five-day OSCE regional train-the-trainers course on cybercrime for criminal justice practitioners from the five Central Asian OSCE participating States concluded on 26 November 2021. The course aimed to provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary for developing and delivering professional training courses on this topic.
OSCE convenes first meeting of Multi-Agency Committee in North Macedonia for combating gender-based violence in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
On 23 November 2021, the OSCE convened the first meeting of the Multi-Agency Committee in North Macedonia, established as part of its project Enhancing Criminal Justice Capacities for Combating Gender-based Violence in South-Eastern Europe.
OSCE Mission supports annual Donors’ Forum for civil society organizations from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
On 25 November, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized an annual Donors’ Forum online for more than 100 representatives of a wide range of initiative groups and civil society organizations (CSOs) from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, and development partners.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 30/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM passage to non-government-controlled areas near Zolote, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 25 November 2021
At 15:00 on 25 November, an SMM patrol consisting of four vehicles arrived from government-controlled areas at about 350m north of the southern edge of the disengagement area near Zolote to travel to non-government-controlled areas. Two members of the armed formations (wearing armbands with “JCCC” written on them) denied the Mission passage, citing “orders from their superiors”. At 15:15, the patrol left and returned to government-controlled areas...