News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
In Belarus, OSCE PA President Muttonen signs Annual Session agreement, holds high-level talks
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
MINSK, 16 March 2017 – In meetings today with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, and yesterday with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) has welcomed the active engagement of Belarus in the OSCE PA, and expressed gratitude for the intensive efforts underway in Minsk in preparation for the Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in July...
Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro meets Interior Minister to discuss co-operation and reforms
Publishing date: 27 February 2017
The newly-appointed Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet met with the country’s Interior Minister Mevludin Nuhodzic in Podgorica on 22 February 2017, and assessed the co-operation between the Mission and the Ministry as successful, emphasizing that Montenegro has made strong progress in reforms. She expressed the Mission’s readiness to continue supporting Montenegro’s democratic development...
Ukrainian gender caucus, ODIHR commit to further co-operation to advance equality between women and men
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
The Equal Opportunities Caucus, a cross-faction union at the Ukrainian parliament, and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally committed on 23 February 2017 to continue co-operation to support national efforts towards gender equality.
Political participation of youth with disabilities in focus at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 9 February 2017
An informal discussion on how to enable youth with disabilities to take an active part in political and public life was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 9 February 2017. The event gathered some 30 participants, including young politicians
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 Office in Tajikistan trains the trainers of political parties on mentoring skills
Publishing date: 13 December 2016
A five-day training course on mentoring for trainers of Tajik political party representatives, with the aim of further advancing women’s participation in the political life, concluded on 9 December 2016. The event, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, concluded with the drafting of action plans...
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...