News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje holds discussion on decentralization challenges
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
SKOPJE, 29 November 2013 – How to ensure transparency and inclusive public participation in local self-government through decentralization policies is the topic of an OSCE-supported event that started in Skopje today...
Terrorists’ access to explosives focus of OSCE discussion in Mongolia
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
A roundtable meeting on hindering terrorists’ access to explosives through better control of explosive chemical precursors of legal use by industry and agriculture took place in Ulaanbaatar on 29 November 2013 with OSCE support, and financial assistance from the Australian government...
OSCE removes obsolete pesticides from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
CHISINAU, 28 November 2013 – Forty tons of obsolete Soviet-era pesticides left Transdniestria today to be safely disposed of in Germany, with the financial and technical support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. This is the final phase of a project under which some 100 tons of hazardous material from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River will be removed...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in Kyrgyzstan, discusses language and education policies
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors made her first visit to Kyrgyzstan from 20 to 22 November 2013 to familiarize herself with the political situation and interethnic relations in the country and discuss language and education issues...
OSCE contributes to strengthening lawmaking process in Serbia
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
A roadmap for streamlining and improving the lawmaking process in Serbia was the focus of discussions in Belgrade on 27 and 28 November 2013, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Serbian National Assembly and the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE supports training for Ukrainian judges on application European Court of Human Rights case law
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
Some 450 judges of administrative courts from across Ukraine were trained in applying provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to better protect the rights of persons in their interactions with the state, during a series of two-day OSCE-supported training sessions conducted during this year...
OSCE PA President meets UN Secretary-General in New York to discuss increased co-operation
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
COPENHAGEN, 28 November 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN Headquarters in New York on 27 November for wide-ranging discussions, including on prospects for increased co-operation between the bodies.