News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported Entrepreneurship Support Centre in Kyrgyzstan opens in Issyk-Kul province
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
The fourth Entrepreneurship Support Centre (ESC) in Kyrgyzstan opened on 12 November 2019 in Karakol...
From Lund to Ljubljana: 20 years of supporting the participation of minorities in public life
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Lund, Sweden,14 November 2019 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today opened a conference marking the 20th anniversary of The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life in Lund, Sweden...
Collaboration between Ombudsperson and other stakeholders focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
An OSCE-organized seminar aimed at improving collaboration on human rights promotion and protection in Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat on 12 and 13 November 2019...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitated annual meeting of “Police Persons of Trust”
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
The annual meeting of ‘“Police Persons of Trust’”, organized by Montenegrin Police Directorate with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS) from Norway and Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), was held on 13 November 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities in Nur-Sultan
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion dedicated to the formation of inclusive society in Kazakhstan took place on 14 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on the National Action Plan for implementation of Aarhus Convention in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Over 40 representatives of ministries and agencies, international organizations, environmental NGOs and the OSCE-supported Aarhus Centers met at a roundtable discussion on 13 November 2019 in Dushanbe to discuss the first draft of the National Action Plan (NAP) for implementation of the Aahrus Convention on environmental protection in Tajikistan. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...
OSCE Chair Lajčák welcomes renewal of disengagement from Petrivske
Publishing date: 13 November 2019
BRATISLAVA, 13 November 2019 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák, welcomed today’s conclusion of the withdrawal of forces and hardware from the Petrivske disengagement area.