News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 2 October 2016
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
The SMM noted an increase in the number of ceasefire violations recorded in Donetsk region on 1 October followed by a decrease on 2 October...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for the presidential election in Moldova
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
CHISINAU, 3 October 2016 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 30 October presidential election in Moldova. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Moldovan authorities...
OSCE-supported re-training programme for certified Ukrainian cyber police officers launched in Kharkiv
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
KHARKIV, Ukraine, 3 October 2016- An OSCE-supported re-training programme for cyber police officers in Ukraine was launched today at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs...
OSCE opens training centre to improve the quality of environmental monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 October 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the opening of a training centre in Osh with the aim of increasing the capacity of state and public inspectors of the State Inspectorate of Environmental and Technical Safety (SIETS) and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SAEPF)...
OSCE promotes international standards to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the UN Istanbul Protocol on Torture and related technical standards began on 3 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports training seminar on labour migration management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
ASTANA, 3 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on labour migration management for some 25 central and regional migration and employment authorities began today in Astana...
OSCE-supported “Building Bridges” event in Skopje gathers students of different communities to interact together
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
SKOPJE, 2 October 2016 – More than 600 students from 27 schools around the country came together for a day of songs, dance performances, theatre plays and sport games,, as part of the Building Bridges Fund event, organized today by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...