News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports workshop for young journalists and journalism students
Publishing date: 29 June 2017
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan held an interactive workshop for 15 young journalists and students of journalism from the Khatlon region and Dushanbe in its central office in the capital on 28 and 29 June 2017...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports enhancement of transparency and accountability at local level
Publishing date: 29 June 2017
The first of five workshops on Open Government Partnership (OGP) at the local level was held on 28 June 2017 in Vranje for representatives of local municipalities from Pcinja and Jablanica....
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports further development of notary profession
Publishing date: 29 June 2017
The first assessment of the newly established notary system in Serbia was presented to more than 100 representatives of state institutions, courts, notarial profession, international community and academia in Belgrade on 29 June 2017 by the Chamber of Notaries with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia....
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv on Friday
Publishing date: 29 June 2017
KYIV, 29 June 2017 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing on Friday, 30 June in Kyiv...
OSCE/ODIHR and Polish Foreign Ministry sign host country agreement
Publishing date: 28 June 2017
WARSAW, 28 June 2017 – Witold Waszczykowski, Poland’s Minster of Foreign Affairs, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), signed an agreement today establishing relations with the OSCE within Poland, including the legal basis for ODIHR’s operations in the country...
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 27 June 2017
Publishing date: 28 June 2017
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the three disengagement areas; it recorded ceasefire violations near Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* It assessed impact sites in Vesela Hora. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. It facilitated and monitored repairs to electricity lines and water pipes near Zolote. The SMM visited a border area not under government control. A vehicle explosion killed a Ministry of Defence official in Kyiv...
OSCE/ODIHR and Slovak Judicial Academy begin implementing prosecutors’ training programme on hate crime
Publishing date: 28 June 2017
Representatives of the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) signed an agreement on 28 June 2017 that will help Slovakian prosecutors and judges strengthen their ability to effectively prosecute hate crimes.