News and press releases

A five-day study tour on migration management for a group of experts from Kazakhstan started on 22 October 2012 in Minsk. The visit is co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in Astana...

VIENNA, 23 October 2012 – The challenge of countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism among young people and the role of youth in countering these phenomena are the focus of a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE that began today in Vienna...

A roundtable discussion dedicated to co-operation between Kazakhstan and the OSCE was held in Astana on 19 October 2012. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Academy for Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan...

The Secretaries General of parliaments in South-Eastern Europe gathered on 18 and 19 October 2012 in Tirana to discuss ways of modernizing human resource management in their national parliaments. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Albanian Assembly and other OSCE field operations in the region...

YEREVAN, 20 October 2012 – Encouraging effective partnerships between the police and the media is the aim of a two-day workshop that started in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia today. The two-day event is co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian police...

A series of six workshops held across Kosovo on identifying, investigating and responding to hate crimes for 90 high-ranking Kosovo police officers including station commanders, regional deputy directors, and regional chiefs of operations concluded on 19 October 2012 in Ferizaj/Uroševac...

BELGRADE, 19 October 2012 – The protection of the rights of institutionalized persons with mental health disabilities was discussed at an OSCE conference that ended today in Belgrade...