News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BiH marks International Anti-Corruption Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2020
SARAJEVO, 9 December 2020- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina joins BiH citizens, the country’s national institutions and other international organizations in marking today’s International Anti-corruption Day. Today, we take stock and highlight what changes are needed to ensure citizens are served by efficient, effective and transparent government institutions...
OSCE supports annual general meeting of Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
The OSCE supported the annual general meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) on 26 November 2020, bringing together representatives of national asset management and asset recovery offices of sixteen jurisdictions (14 BAMIN member and three guest jurisdictions), together with officials from the BAMIN Secretariat and the OSCE...
Importance of social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption focus of OSCE workshop in Albania
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
The importance of the social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption as a public good, and the potential lever it creates to reduce crime and corruption was the focus of an online workshop the OSCE held for participants from Albania on 24 November 2020. The event brought together law enforcement practitioners and representatives of the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets, local and international civil society organizations and academia...
OSCE and UNECE hold consultations on the operationalization of Euro-Asian transport corridors
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Enhancing economic connectivity perspectives and the operationalization of Euro-Asian inland transport links (EATL) were the focus of virtual consultations held by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on 26 November 2020...
Time to rethink current energy production and consumption patterns, urge participants of Third Vienna Energy Strategy Dialogue
Publishing date: 25 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an immediate reduction in energy demand and carbon emissions and has curbed investments across the sector with uncertain consequences for the energy transition, state participants of the Third Vienna Energy Strategy Dialogue titled “Implications of the global energy transition” held virtually on 24 November 2020 from Vienna...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2020
An OSCE-supported three-day seminar on the preparations for the expected second round of the Eurasian group’s (EAG) mutual evaluation of Kazakhstan’s compliance to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) standards on anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts concluded on 25 November 2020 in Almaty...
OSCE presents the third report on judicial response to corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 23 November 2020
SARAJEVO, 23 November 2020 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) digitally presented today its third report on the monitoring of corruption cases before courts in BiH...