News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
With high-level OSCE PA participation, St. Petersburg conference explores parliamentary dimension of counter-terrorism
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation, 18 April 2019 – The evolving nature of the threat posed by terrorists and violent extremists requires enhancing co-operation at all levels, including between parliamentarians, said Chair of the OSCE PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) Makis Voridis (Greece) at today’s opening plenary session of the International Conference on Counter-Terrorism in St. Petersburg...
ODIHR, OSCE Mission to Serbia support implementation of Serbian law on lobbying
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
Lobbying against corruption was the topic of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 16 to 18 April in Belgrade. The event gathered 52 participants (36 women and 16 men) from the Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency, the Embassy of the United States and civil society organizations...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns intimidation of journalists in North Macedonia, calls for urgent investigation
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
VIENNA, 18 April 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, condemned the intimidation and threats against TV21 journalists in the municipality of Aracinovo, in North Macedonia...
OSCE Mission supports three Montenegrin municipalities in developing Local Action Plans on Gender Equality
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
As part of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro’s ongoing support to municipalities in achieving gender equality, the Mission, in partnership with the Department for Gender Equality within the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, organized three workshops to support the development of local action plans on gender equality in the municipalities of Rožaje, Mojkovac and Cetinje from 10 to 15 April 2019...
OSCE-supported Customs Training Centre in Kyrgyzstan acquires new international status
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya, together with the Chairperson of the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic Almaz Onolbekov, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, opened a new Regional Training Centre of the World Customs Organization in Kyrgyzstan on 16 April 2019 in Bishkek...
OSCE trains young journalists from all regions of Tajikistan on environmental journalism
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe conducted a training course on environmental journalism and the main environmental challenges in Tajikistan for 35 young journalists from Dushanbe and different regions of the country on 17 and 18 April 2019. The event was jointly organized with the Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned by blocking of media outlets in Uzbekistan, urges reform to media laws and regulations
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
VIENNA, 17 April 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today called on the authorities in Uzbekistan to end the blocking of media outlets, in order to ensure that important news and current affairs resources be made accessible to the public...