News and press releases

The second in a series of OSCE-supported five-day training courses on risk profiling at border checkpoints to assist in countering transnational threats concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 31 March 2017...

An independent and efficient judiciary as a protector of citizens’ rights and freedoms was the focus of a conference organized to mark the Day of the Judiciary on 31 March 2017 in Skopje by the OSCE Mission and the Association of Judges...

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo on 31 March 2017 launched the Media Fellowship, an annual initiative, aimed at building the capacities of young journalists and establishing a network of fellows from different communities...

GENEVA, Switzerland, 29 March 2017- The thirty-ninth round of the Geneva International Discussions was held on Wednesday. The Co-Chairs welcomed the overall business-like atmosphere in which it took place.

MINSK, 30 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 29 March 2017...

The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, but more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission followed up on reports of civilian casualties and damage from shelling in Donetsk city. The Mission monitored the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske, but its access there and elsewhere remained restricted.* The Mission observed weapons in violation of the withdrawal lines. The blockade of railway routes continued. The Mission monitored the situation in Balakliia in Kharkiv region and followed up on reports of a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Lutsk in Volyn region...

A two-day training course on Gender Action Plans and gender responsive budgeting for women and men politicians concluded on 29 March 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in Dushanbe...