News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Follow Us initiative promoted at Western Balkans Summit in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 August 2015
A “Follow us” initiative on dialogue of prominent women from Belgrade and Pristina was promoted at the Western Balkans Summit on 27 August 2015 in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Skopje signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bitola Municipality
Publishing date: 25 August 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and Municipality of Bitola signed a Memorandum of Understanding on raising capacities of the Local Youth Council on 25 August 2015 in Bitola...
Azerbaijan in ‘anti-democratic free fall,’ says OSCE PA’s Santos following Yunus verdict
Publishing date: 13 August 2015
COPENHAGEN, 13 August 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband, Arif, to lengthy prison terms and called on authorities to urgently begin respecting their OSCE commitments in the spheres of human rights and civil liberties...
Youth from Albania and Serbia wrap up OSCE-supported Summer School in Tirana on inter-cultural dialogue in the digital era
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
TIRANA, 30 July 2015 – Some 34 young people from Albania and Serbia today completed a five-day long Summer School in Tirana on inter-cultural dialogue in the digital era, where they discussed and shared experiences and ideas on challenges facing the youth in their countries...
OSCE 2015 Dialogue Academy to be held in Austria
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
The 2015 Dialogue Academy for young women, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia has been postponed to this autumn...
OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Armenia stresses the need to conduct proper consultation in policy and lawmaking processes
Publishing date: 15 July 2015
Transparency and public participation in the law-making process was the focus of a workshop in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with Armenia’s Ministry of Justice and the OSCE Office in Yerevan, on 14 and 15 July 2015.
OSCE/ODIHR workshop focuses on international and Ukrainian political party regulation reform
Publishing date: 15 July 2015
Measures to make political parties in Ukraine and in the wider OSCE region more transparent and accountable were the focus of an expert workshop jointly organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the partners. They included the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Ukrainian civil society organizations Agency for Legislative Initiatives (ALI) as well as the Civil Network “OPORA”. The event was hosted by the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv,on 14 and 15 July 2015.