News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports improving human rights and civic education standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
BISHKEK, 26 May 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported roundtable on reforms related to human rights and civic education in schools and universities in the Kyrgyzstan started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission supporting efforts to reduce discrimination
Publishing date: 23 May 2011
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2011- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Gary D. Robbins welcomes steps by several governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina to ensure all children receive the same quality of education, and do not suffer from discrimination...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve quality of students’ services
Publishing date: 20 May 2011
In an effort to improve access to students’ services for non-Albanian communities, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported an internship, from 2 to 13 May, at Dublin City University, Ireland, for the Co-ordinator of the Student and Youth Support Centre of the University in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë- Gračanica/Graçanicë Campus...
Winners of OSCE-supported competition on traffic safety in Armenia announced
Publishing date: 17 May 2011
YEREVAN, 17 May 2011 – In an event today concluding the Road Safety Week in Armenia six schoolchildren from Yerevan were awarded prizes for their knowledge of traffic rules...
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes seminar on management of temporarily seized criminal assets
Publishing date: 6 April 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Belgrade on 6 and 7 April 2011 organized a seminar on effective and transparent methods for managing temporarily seized assets deriving from criminal activity. The seminar was the first of its kind...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo donates books to Prishtinë/Priština University law faculty
Publishing date: 23 March 2011
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 March 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today donated 300 newly published volumes of the OSCE’s legal reports to the Law Faculty at Prishtinë/Priština University...
Student teachers and social workers complete OSCE-supported practicum placements in multi-ethnic classrooms
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
Eighty student teachers and social workers received certificates at the end of February from the acting Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Natalya Drozd, and the Minister of Education and Science Nikola Todorov for completing an OSCE-organized practicum placement in multi-ethnic classrooms, at a ceremony in Skopje.