News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Law students and paralegals raise awareness of legal aid following training event supported by OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
Sixteen representatives of various local institutions working with children attended an OSCE-supported public lecture on the observance of children’s rights held on 16 December 2015 in the village of Gaidar in Gagauzia. The lecture followed a training event organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova to prepare law students and paralegals to organize public lectures on accessing legal aid...
OSCE Mission to Moldova concludes Human Rights Club meetings for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
On 11 December 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted in Chisinau this year’s concluding meeting of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. More than 30 lawyers participated in the event and discussed the challenges they encounter when representing clients...
OSCE Mission to Moldova concludes series of seminars on addressing gender inequalities and combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
On 8 December 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held the last in a series of seminars for college and university students on gender equality, domestic violence and family counselling. The final seminar, held in Balti, provided 35 students and teachers of social work with information on assisting the victims of domestic violence and on rehabilitating the perpetrators of domestic violence...
Youth from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River take part in conflict resolution simulation for Model OSCE 2015
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova brought together 31 students from Chisinau, Comrat and Tiraspol for the Model OSCE 2015, a three-day negotiation skills training and simulation game that engages youth in conflict resolution. The event was held from 3 to 6 December 2015, in Vadul lui Voda, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
OSCE Mission to Moldova helps to build independent and professional media through workshop for journalism students
Publishing date: 30 November 2015
From 27 to 29 November 2015, some 23 students and alumni from the Chisinau School of Advanced Journalism (CSAJ) acquired key skills in investigative and data journalism at a three-day intensive workshop, organized in Vadul-lui-Vodă by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the local NGO Independent Journalism Centre...
OSCE/ODIHR Director commends Moldova's adoption of 27 January as Holocaust remembrance day
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
WARSAW, 27 November 2015 Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), praised yesterday’s decision by the Moldovan parliament to declare 27 January the Day of Commemorating the Victims of the Holocaust, following a government proposal...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds second public lecture for youth in 2015
Publishing date: 26 November 2015