News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA Special Representative on South East Europe Battelli speaks about regional progress and remaining challenges at NATO PA seminar in Ljubljana
Publishing date: 7 November 2017
LJUBLJANA, 7 November 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Slovenian parliamentarian Roberto Battelli, spoke today at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 96th Rose-Roth seminar on the Western Balkans in Ljubljana, Slovenia...
OSCE High Commissioner urges Moldova to implement integration strategy and encourages dialogue in joint working group on Gagauzia
Publishing date: 2 November 2017
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier is visiting Moldova from 30 October to 3 November 2017 to continue the institution’s long-standing engagement with the country on issues related to ethnic diversity and identity...
OSCE Mission supports drafting of model local action plan for inclusion of Roma and Egyptians
Publishing date: 13 October 2017
Podgorica, 13 October 2017- The finalization of a model local action plan for the inclusion of Roma and Egyptians communities was the main goal of a workshop organized in Podgorica on 11 and 12 October 2017. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro within the framework of the extra-budgetary project "Prevention of Early Forced Marriages among Vulnerable Groups", supported by the French Permanent Mission to the OSCE.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities says he is actively engaged on education issues in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 October 2017
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier, on 9 October 2017, said he is actively engaged with the government of Ukraine on how best to accommodate the ethnic and linguistic diversity of society. The High Commissioner is paying particular attention to inter-ethnic
Education is a means to bridge divisions in society, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Skopje
Publishing date: 6 October 2017
Education needs to be a tool to overcome, not to cement, divisions, said the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier in meetings with his interlocutors during a visit to Skopje and Tetovo between 2 and 5 October 2017...
Education for Social Justice training concludes in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 October 2017 – An Education for Social Justice training for primary schools, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 4 October 2017 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier presents Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary to primary school children
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier presented the first ever children’s illustrated Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary (Mali rečnik/Fjalor i vogël) to pupils in two primary schools in Bujanovac and Preševo today. Over the next three days, the dictionary