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As risks to online election campaigns increase in the digital age, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) hosted its tenth annual election seminar this week in Vienna, with a focus on election campaigns in the online environment.

Sarajevo, 3 November 2025 — The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with three theological faculties — the Faculty of Catholic Theology, the Faculty of Islamic Theology, and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Vasilije Ostroški” —

SKOPJE, 3 November 2025 – The second round of North Macedonia’s mayoral elections offered voters a choice between political alternatives and the campaign was competitive in most municipalities, but not all candidates had equal campaign conditions and the continued involvement of government officials in the campaign continued as well as persistent allegations of pressure on voters and numerous allegations of vote buying were of concern, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today.

How can countries secure critical infrastructure against terrorist threats? To help answer this question, government officials from Uzbekistan took part in a three-day OSCE training course on the physical security of critical infrastructure. “Critical infrastructure, such as energy networks,

From 21 to 23 October, thirty government officials took part in a training course in Shymkent on strengthening the physical security of critical infrastructure (CI) against terrorist threats. The event was organized within the framework of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Project PROTECT

On 30 and 31 October, the OSCE facilitated a study visit to Finland on virtual assets for representatives from Moldova’s Financial Intelligence Unit, National Bank, National Commission for Financial Market, Criminal Assets Recovery Agency, National Inspectorate for Investigation, and the Security

A two-day workshop, “Towards Responsible Business: A Workshop on Human Rights Due Diligence”, brought together representatives of government institutions, the private sector, trade unions, academia and international organizations to discuss how businesses can uphold human rights, prevent labour