News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Participants of Model OSCE for Moldova’s youth reach unity through diversity
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Thirty students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River practiced their diplomacy skills at the sixth edition of the Model OSCE for Youth, which concluded with the adoption of an “Addendum to the OSCE Gender Action Plan” on 29 September 2019 in Moldova. The document was the result of a compromise and consensus, which the young “ambassadors” put into practice during a simulation of an OSCE Permanent Council meeting...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Désir and BiH Head of Mission Kavalec condemn attack on Radiosarajevo.ba, call for better protection of journalists
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
VIENNA / SARAJEVO, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kathleen Kavalec, condemned today the attack on two radiosarajevo.ba journalists and called on the authorities to ensure the better protection of journalists...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported project writing training course with Regional Youth Co-operation Office for potential applicants
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
In preparation for the third Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the RYCO Local Branch Office organized a training course for potential applicants in Podgorica from 27 to 29 September 2019.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concerned over refusal to renew licenses of five regional companies which broadcast 112 Ukraine TV channel
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
VIENNA, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today over the decision taken by the media regulator, National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (the Council), not to renew the digital terrestrial broadcasting licenses of five regional television companies...
OSCE organizes training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
A two-week training course on electronic record-keeping of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition (SALW and CA) concluded on 28 September 2019 in Bishkek and Osh.
OSCE supports international roundtable on combating human trafficking and illegal migration
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Strengthening co-operation in addressing trafficking in human beings was the focus of the international roundtable which concluded on 27 September 2019 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
More co-operation and constructive spirit needed – OSCE Chair at UN General Assembly in New York
Publishing date: 29 September 2019
NEW YORK, 29 September 2019 – Attending the high-level week of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Foreign and European Minister of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák, held bilateral meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, North Macedonia, and the Russian Federation, as well as the OSCE Minsk-Group Co-Chairs and his Special Representative on Combatting Anti-Semitism Rabbi Andrew Baker, among others. With his counterparts, he spoke about the current situation in the OSCE region, the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, and expectations for the Ministerial Council in December.