News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Parliamentarians have key role to play in protecting minorities, say participants at OSCE PA retreat in Villach
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
VILLACH, 30 May 2017 – At a two-day conference concluding today in Villach, Austria, more than 20 OSCE parliamentarians from 13 countries explored ways to improve public support for national minorities in areas such as education, culture, and language...
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches project to develop course on tolerance and diversity at Georgian higher education institutions
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities held a kick-off meeting to launch a long-term project to support the implementation of Georgia’s State Strategy for Civic Equality and Integration in Tbilisi on 16 May 2017...
OSCE promotes advanced water education standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
Sustainable water governance with a focus on advanced education standards in the water sector was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on 16 May 2017 that took place today at Kazakhstan’s Parliament in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Serbia marks International Day of Families by opening doors to staff family members
Publishing date: 15 May 2017
BELGRADE, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia is for the first time today marking International Family Day by opening its doors to the families of its staff...
First Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia underlines value of mother tongues, State and official, and foreign languages as tools for integration
Publishing date: 10 May 2017
The first Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia that specifically focused on the mother tongues of the region, State and official languages, as well as foreign languages was held in Karaganda, Kazakhstan from 4 to 6 May 2017. Organized by Karaganda State University, in co-operation with the
Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine organized a conference on “Multilingual education in the OSCE region: experiences and perspectives for Ukraine” on 13 April 2017 in Kyiv. Opening the conference, Minister for
OSCE Office in Tajikistan donates electricity transformer to Shaartuz district boarding school
Publishing date: 10 April 2017
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan supported the Shaartuz district boarding school by donating a new transformer to provide uninterrupted supply of electricity in a ceremony held on 10 April 2017...