News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ukraine’s language policy and multilingual education discussed at HCNM-supported conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine organized a conference on “Multilingual education in the OSCE region: experiences and perspectives for Ukraine” on 13 April 2017 in Kyiv. Opening the conference, Minister for
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to organize Central Asia Student Olympiad on Multilingualism
Publishing date: 29 March 2017
THE HAGUE, 29 March 2017 – A student olympiad on multilingualism for pedagogy students at higher education institutions in Central Asia is being organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities under its Central Asia Education Programme together with the Karaganda State University in Kazakhstan from 4 to 6 May 2017...
New OSCE and UNHCR handbook aims to help states to address statelessness
Publishing date: 2 March 2017
VIENNA, 2 March 2017 – Statelessness, a human rights and security issue affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the OSCE region according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is the focus of a new handbook of international standards and good practices launched in Vienna today by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the UNHCR...
Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities pledges to continue supporting integration in Moldova
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
The implementation of Moldova’s Strategy for Consolidation of Inter-ethnic Relations 2017¬¬¬–2027 was discussed at a conference organized by the office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the Bureau of Inter-ethnic Relations in Chisinau on 16 February 2017...
OSCE meeting in Vienna explores the bridge building role and potential of national minority issues across the OSCE area
Publishing date: 10 November 2016
VIENNA, 10 November 2016 – Promoting greater attention to the positive potential of national minorities for societies and states was a core theme of speakers at the opening of a two-day OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) held in Vienna today, entitled “National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration"...
OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported debate discusses youth motivation in choosing career
Publishing date: 25 October 2016
The key factors and decision-making that go into choosing a career path were the issues up for discussion at the second debate tournament for high school students, organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 22 to 23 October 2016 in Vadul-lui-Voda, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
