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OSCE completes needs assessment on implementation of Montenegro’s Advance Passenger Information system
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
On 23 and 24 February, the OSCE’s Transnational Threat Department (TNTD) conducted a two-day needs assessment visit in Podgorica on the status of Montenegro’s Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) system.
Bulgaria’s 2022 early parliamentary elections: ODIHR election observation mission final report
Publishing date: 27 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The 2 October early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were competitive and fundamental freedoms were generally respected. Despite late preparations, and limited technical and administrative capacity of election administration, elections were conducted adequately. Contestants received substantial
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Finland, commends the country’s demonstrated commitment to manage diversity
Publishing date: 27 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Finland from 13 to 17 February 2023.
For Better Justice: OSCE Mission to Skopje to support Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors
Publishing date: 27 February 2023
SKOPJE, 27 February 2023 — In order to improve quality of justice, the OSCE Mission to Skopje has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the national Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors (AJPP).
Marking one year of war in Ukraine, OSCE Media Freedom Representative expresses solidarity and reiterates that violence against journalists is unacceptable
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 24 February 2023 — Marking one year since Russian Federation launched a devastating full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, made the following statement:
People of Ukraine must come first, Russia must end this war, say OSCE leaders
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 24 February 2023 — Today the OSCE Troika —Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto — and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Margareta Cederfelt and Secretary General Roberto Montella made the following statement:
Human rights violations must end and humanitarian law be respected, says OSCE human rights head on anniversary of military attack in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 24 February 2023 – A year after the launch of Russia’s military attack in Ukraine, the armed conflict is still having a devastating effect on civilians as they continue to be impacted by ongoing military strikes and subjected to other violence and inhumane treatment, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).