News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairmanship Conference in Berlin explores ways to promote tolerance and diversity and calls for joint action in the OSCE area
Publishing date: 20 October 2016
BERLIN, 20 October 2016 – Over 350 representatives of OSCE participating States, Asian and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, and civil society from the entire OSCE region, as well as international and regional actors, met in Berlin today at the invitation of the German OSCE Chairmanship 2016 to discuss ways to promote diversity, non-discrimination and tolerance against the backdrop of growing intolerance in our societies...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports theatre play to raise awareness of trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 20 October 2016
Fifteen high school students from Durlesti performed a social theatre play about human trafficking and exploitation in connection with migration, supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, on 18 October 2016 in Chisinau...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 19 October 2016
Publishing date: 20 October 2016
The SMM recorded relatively fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period, most of which were concentrated in the Avdiivka/Yasynuvata area and areas north-east of Mariupol...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 18 October 2016
Publishing date: 19 October 2016
The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period, most of which were concentrated in the Avdiivka/Yasynuvata area and areas north-east of Mariupol...
OSCE concludes seminars for judges in combating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2016
The sixth and concluding OSCE-supported seminar in a series for judges on protecting the rights of child victims of human trafficking took place on 19 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 18 October 2016
Publishing date: 19 October 2016
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs...
Afghan border police officers complete OSCE patrol leadership course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 October 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 October 2016 – Nineteen Afghan border police officers graduated today from the OSCE-supported patrolling and leadership course, which was held from 22 September to 19 October 2016 at the Gissar Training Centre, Tajikistan...