News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Youth activists from Western Balkans come together under OSCE Presence in Albania’s ‘Youth Trail’ to reinforce inter-generational dialogue through cultural heritage
Publishing date: 31 August 2022
From 24 to 28 August 2022, twenty young activists from the Western Balkans gathered in Tirana and traveled to Gjirokastra to discuss, learn and explore approaches on social interaction and promote democracy, peace and security through inter-generational dialogue. Since 2017, the OSCE Youth Trail
Social re-use of confiscated assets from organized crime focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Serbia
Publishing date: 6 May 2021
On 5 May 2021, the Serbian Directorate for the Administration of Seized Assets, eight local civil society organizations (CSOs) and OSCE experts discussed opportunities and modalities to socially re-use assets confiscated from organized crime...
Important that Serbia continue with reforms, says OSCE Secretary General Greminger during visit
Publishing date: 10 October 2019
BELGRADE, 10 October 2019 – OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger concluded today a two-day visit to Serbia where he met with high-level state officials and representatives of the opposition, civil society and the media...
ODIHR, OSCE Mission to Serbia support implementation of Serbian law on lobbying
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
Lobbying against corruption was the topic of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 16 to 18 April in Belgrade. The event gathered 52 participants (36 women and 16 men) from the Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency, the Embassy of the United States and civil society organizations...
OSCE Mission to Serbia marks tenth anniversary of the International Day of Democracy
Publishing date: 15 September 2017
BELGRADE, 15 September 2017 – On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Day of Democracy, the OSCE Mission to Serbia, in partnership with the CSO Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia organized a forum on democracy and citizens’ participation held today at the Parliament in Belgrade...
OSCE Mission-supported online course promotes local self-governance and good governance in Serbia
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
Some 350 newly-elected councillors from local self-government units received certificates marking their successful completion of an online course on the system of local self-governments and good governance, at a ceremony held on 14 December 2016 in Belgrade. The course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, is designed for councillors who took up seats in local assemblies for the first time after the April elections...
OSCE concludes conference on dialogue and reconciliation with women from Prishtinë/ Priština and Belgrade
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...