News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps fostering youth co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
From 12 to 15 November 2019, fifteen Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) alumni from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took part in a seminar on constructive dialogue and regional co-operation in Kosh-kol, Kyrgyzstan...
Young people in Montenegro discuss their engagement in combating violent radicalization
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
How youth engagement can combat violent radicalization was the topic of a two-day workshop on 7 and 8 November 2019 in Budva. The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, organized the event...
Inclusion of young people is critical to finding solutions to security challenges, say participants of OSCE-wide Youth Forum in Bratislava
Publishing date: 28 October 2019
BRATISLAVA, 28 October 2019 – Young women and men from across the OSCE region and beyond gathered in Bratislava today to discuss how to best engage youth for a safer future by 2030. The two-day OSCE-wide Youth Forum brings together young people, ambassadors, diplomats and experts for an inter-generational dialogue under the OSCE’s flagship Perspectives 20-30 initiative, a key priority of Slovakia’s OSCE Chair...
Reinforced political dialogue with Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation is essential to capitalize on unique OSCE platform
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
TIRANA, 25 October 2019 — Making tangible steps towards a more strategic, action-oriented approach to co-operation between the OSCE and its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation was the focus of the two-day 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, which concluded today in Tirana...
Students learn about security sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina at OSCE-supported course
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
More than 20 students of law, political, and security studies from universities in Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla and Zenica learnt about the security sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) at a five-day OSCE-supported Youth and Security School, which concluded on 25 October 2019 in Sarajevo...
Co-operation with Mediterranean region is an objective necessity, says Albanian Foreign Minister Cakaj opening OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
TIRANA, 24 October 2019 – While Albania looks to Europe for its future, our history, geography and economy are rooted in the Mediterranean region, stated today in Tirana Albania’s Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Gent Cakaj, while opening 2019 OSCE Mediterranean Conference...
OSCE supports the tenth annual Zhas (Youth) Camp in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
The civic and social activism of youth was the focus of the annual three-day Zhas (Youth) Camp that concluded on 20 October 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Some thirty young people were selected to attend the event following a competition held in four major cities where they successfully pitched their ideas for social initiatives and projects.