News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Deeper economic integration and dialogue key to strengthening regional security, says Albanian Foreign Minister Bushati at OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
VIENNA, 3 November 2016 – Deeper economic integration, increased political association and dialogue are key to strengthening regional security and implementation of a common agenda, said Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati as he addressed the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna...
Journalism students learn about work of independent media outlets during OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported study visit
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Chisinau-based NGO Independent Journalism Center organized a two-day study visit from 26 to 28 October to Romania for 15 students from the Chisinau School of Advanced Journalism (CSAJ). The student group visited independent media outlets in Bucharest and gained practical knowledge of how they function...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for early parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
SKOPJE, 3 November 2016 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 11 December in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities...
OSCE-supported meeting of Supervisory Body for War Crimes Strategy concludes in Banja Luka
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported a thematic meeting today in Banja Luka of the Supervisory Body for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Processing of War Crimes, representatives of the High Judicial Prosecutorial Council Secretariat, the ministries of justice, and judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases...
Armenian police students trained on democratic policing with the OSCE Office in Yerevan’s support
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
Democratic policing, the police-public partnership and human rights were in focus of an OSCE-supported training course held for Armenia’s police students from 31 October to 3 November 2016 in Tsaghkadzor with the aim of contributing to Armenian police efforts to advance democratic policing practices...
OSCE-wide workshop in Vienna highlights best practices in delimitation and demarcation of borders
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
VIENNA, 3 November 2016 – A three-day OSCE-wide workshop on delimitation and demarcation practices, which brought together thirty senior ranking representatives of national boundary commissions from various OSCE participating States, concluded today in Vienna. Discussions focused on the legal aspects of international boundaries and specific national experiences...
OSCE-supported presentation on Decision on communal fees model for municipalities organized in Podgorica
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
A Decision on communal fees model for municipalities was the focus of a presentation for more than 50 Montenegrin officials in charge of accounting and finances from the country’s municipalities and the Sustainable Development and Tourism Ministry, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 1 November 2016 in Podgorica...