News and press releases

SARAJEVO, 11 July 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has opened five temporary premises to provide support in the aftermath of the devastating floods and landslides that struck the country in May. They are now operational in Bijeljina, Maglaj, Orasje, Samac and Prijedor and add to the Mission’s existing structure of 11 field offices covering the entire territory of BiH...

Kyrgyzstan has been removed from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s monitoring process under its ongoing global process of compliance with requirements on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This was announced at the third FATF Plenary meeting held from 25 to 27 June 2014 in Paris. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributed to this through providing technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan...

TIRANA, 27 June 2014 – Fifty-five senior anti-corruption officials and leading civil society representatives from OSCE participating States in eastern and south-eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia came together for a two-day regional expert seminar on preventing corruption. The seminar ended today in Tirana...

DUSHANBE, 17 June 2014 – A two-day training course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on international NGO Transparency International’s (TI) Integrity Standards and the role of the civil society in fighting corruption concluded today in Dushanbe...

The Cetinje Parliamentary Forum “Women in business” was held on 9 and 10 June 2014 in Cetinje, bringing together parliamentary and government representatives from the Western Balkans and Turkey to discuss the challenges and potential for advancing women’s role in entrepreneurship...

A three-day workshop for municipal officials on drafting social housing plans concluded on 4 June 2014 in Dragash/Dragaš municipality...

YEREVAN, 2 June 2014 – A series of training sessions for civil servants from Armenian ministries and state agencies on simplifying regulations in the market environment kicked off today in Yerevan with OSCE support...