News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Male Kosovo police officers to become gender equality advocates, conclude participants in OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the role of male senior police officers in promoting gender equality concluded on 17 May 2017 in Prevallë/Prevalac, Prizren municipality...
OSCE concludes green technology workshops for women entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs to promote the use of green technologies took place on 18 May 2017 in Kostanai, Kazakhstan...
Workshop organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova strengthens co-ordination of anti-trafficking activities
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a two-day practical workshop aimed at enhancing the co-ordination of the country’s anti-trafficking activities at the national and local levels on 11 and 12 May 2017. The event, held in Alba Iulia, Romania, brought together 15 representatives of state institutions, civil society and international organizations, and was organized in co-operation with Moldova’s National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...
Good practices in migrant integration focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Chisinau
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
Good practices in the integration of migrants were exchanged and discussed at an international conference co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Chisinau on 17 and 18 May 2017. The event, held in co-operation with Moldova’s Interior Ministry, brought
Spot Report: Smoke-generating device thrown close to SMM vehicle near Dokuchaievsk
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
On 17 May an SMM patrol consisting of five members in two armoured vehicles was in the north-eastern outskirts of “DPR”-controlled Dokuchaievsk (30km south-west of Donetsk) heading west behind a green military-type truck (KamAZ-4350) with plate number DK-1823. The SMM patrol saw six men wearing military-style clothes on board the truck in the back of the cargo compartment...
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches project to develop course on tolerance and diversity at Georgian higher education institutions
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities held a kick-off meeting to launch a long-term project to support the implementation of Georgia’s State Strategy for Civic Equality and Integration in Tbilisi on 16 May 2017...
Denmark’s actions to prevent human trafficking for forced labour commendable, says OSCE Special Representative on official visit to Denmark
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
Copenhagen, 17 May 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, concluded on Wednesday a three-day official visit to Denmark to discuss the country’s implementation of OSCE anti-trafficking commitments.