News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports seminar on presumption of innocence
Publishing date: 25 February 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported a seminar in Podgorica on 23 February 2015 on the right to the presumption of innocence as articulated by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), with a particular focus on the role of the media and public officials...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić commends Government’s reform agenda as he visits Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 February 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Posete zapadnom Balkanu predsedavajućeg OEBS-u u 2015. godini
PODGORICA, 17 February 2015 – OSCE Chairperson in Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today conveyed his full support for the Government’s reforms and commended progress achieved towards the country’s strategic objective of Euro-Atlantic integration, urging it to make the most of OSCE support in key areas such as rule of law, justice and combating corruption and organized crime...
Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports parliament’s initiative to engage pupils on democracy and human rights
Publishing date: 8 December 2014
Human rights, non-discrimination and the role of the OSCE in promoting these values were among the topics discussed at a Democracy Workshop on 5 December 2014, attended by the students of the Radoje Cizmovic elementary school from Niksic and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova. The workshop was organized in Podgorica by the parliament of Montenegro...
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia take ownership of regional arms control, Dayton Peace Agreement Article IV Annex 1/B: Mission accomplished
Publishing date: 4 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 4 December 2014 – Today, after 18 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia are taking over full responsibility for regional stability and arms control, essential for building peace and stability in the Western Balkans, with senior politicians from the four countries signing a document on the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel...
OSCE Mission of Montenegro, Human and Minority Rights Ministry, Podgorica authorities sign agreement on promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
The Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ambassador, Janina Hrebickova; Minister for Human and Minority Rights, Suad Numanovic; Mayor of Capital City of Podgorica Slavoljub Stijepovic, and the President of the local parliament Djordje Suhih signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on promoting gender equality on 28 November 2014...
Strengthening capacities of Montenegro’s Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality in focus at OSCE-supported sessions
Publishing date: 1 December 2014
With the goal of strengthening the capacities of the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality and their oversight role, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported two thematic sessions of the Committee that took place on 21 and 24 November 2014 in Podgorica...
OSCE-supported Monitoring report on good governance in local self-government presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 1 December 2014
The OSCE Mission supported the NGO centre for development of non–governmental organisations (CRNVO) in the development of 2013 the monitoring report on good governance in local self-government, involving 21 municipalities in Montenegro, which was presented on 27 November 2014 in Podgorica.