News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Civil society representatives strengthen their communication skills at OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported event
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held the third in a series of Civil Society Club meetings on 14 September 2016 aimed at improving NGOs’ ability to get the message out more effectively on issues of interest to the public. The event was held in Tiraspol and brought together 15 civil society representatives providing social assistance to women, youth and the underprivileged...
Effective international counter-terrorism policies and Universal Anti-Terrorism Instruments in focus at OSCE seminar in Tashkent
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
TASHKENT, 15 September 2016 – An OSCE-organized seminar for some 40 state officials, parliamentarians and experts on effective national counter-terrorism policies, guided by the relevant international legal framework, took place today in Tashkent...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Explosion 100m from SMM near Stanytsia Luhanska bridge
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
At 11:29 (EET) on 14 September, while stationary at an “LPR” checkpoint south of the bridge in Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk), the SMM saw and heard what was assessed as an uncontrolled detonation in a forested area approximately 100 metres to the north-west, on the northern side of the river...
Anti-trafficking responses trends and challenges at the core of OSCE Special Representative’s Romania visit
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
BUCHAREST, 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 –OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB), Madina Jarbussynova, concluded on Tuesday a follow-up visit to Romania, aimed at discussing the country’s progress in implementing OSCE anti-trafficking commitments in relation to the previous 2013 OSR/CTHB report.
OSCE contributes to strengthening human rights protection in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 14 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the protection of human rights in penitentiaries concluded today in Aghveran, Kotayk region, Armenia...
OSCE opens public information centres in Kyrgyzstan to raise awareness on uranium legacy remediation works
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
BISHKEK, 14 September 2016 – The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and they Aarhus Centre in Osh today opened the first Public Environmental Information Centres (PEIC) in the towns of Mailuu-Suu and Shekaftar of Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan as well as in Min-Kush, Naryn region, in the northern part of the country...
Arrest warrant against United States journalist reason for concern, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
VIENNA, 14 September 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about a warrant issued for the arrest of Amy Goodman, a broadcast journalist in the United States, stemming from coverage of protests concerning an oil pipeline on Native American land in North Dakota...