News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion on civil society assistance to the public
Publishing date: 24 October 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held the fourth in a series of Civil Society Club meetings in Tiraspol on 19 October 2016. The focus of the discussion was co-operation among civil society partners on ways to better service the community. The event brought together 13 civil society representatives providing social assistance to women, youth and the underprivileged...
Second OSCE Dialogue Academy for young women from Prishtinë/Pristina and Belgrade, concludes in Austria
Publishing date: 10 October 2016
The second edition of the OSCE Dialogue Academy for young women leaders from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, organized under the auspices of the “Follow Us” Initiative, was held from 30 September to 9 October at Stadtschlaining, Austria...
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...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting opens in Skopje with focus on confidence-building and good governance
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
SKOPJE, 30 September 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2016 Autumn Meeting, bringing together some 170 parliamentarians from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States, opened today in Skopje with addresses by OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen and host officials...
Open exchange of views vital to protecting human rights, strengthening democratic institutions, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director say at close of Warsaw Conference
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
WARSAW, 30 September 2016 – The free and open exchange of views and information is vital to helping governments protect and promote human rights, fundamental freedoms and tolerance and non-discrimination, as well as to improve and strengthen democratic practices and institutions, Gernot Erler, Germany’s Special Representative for the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship, Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of the closing of a two-week OSCE conference in Warsaw...
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes roundtable event to foster academic debate in schools
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a roundtable event on 28 September 2016 to raise awareness of the benefits of academic debate among high school students and teachers. Some 30 students and teachers from across Moldova attended the discussion at the Gaidarji lyceum in Comrat, in the country’s autonomous region of Gagauzia...
OSCE supports meeting of representatives of Albanian and Montenegrin Parliaments in Podgorica
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
The Parliament of Montenegro, with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Mission to Montenegro, hosted a visit of the Research Centre and public relations services of the Parliament of Albania on 23 September 2016 in Podgorica, with the aim of goal of strengthening co-operation between the two institutions and enhancing their activities...