News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports capacity building training course for prison staff in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
BISHKEK, 10 June 2016 – An OSCE-supported training course for 10 staff members of the National Security State Committee’s (NSSC) remand prisons on improving the prison service standards concluded today at the NSSC Institute in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports public consultations on implementation of UN SCR 1325 – Women, Peace and Security (2016-2020) National Action Plan
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
The final public consultations on the content of the new National Action Plan (NAP) for the implementation of the UN SCR 1325 – Women, Peace and Security (2016-2020) was held on 10 June 2016 in Belgrade at the premises of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia...
OSCE trains Turkmenistan journalists on reporting skills
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
ASHGABAT, 10 June 2016 – Some 30 journalists representing national broadcast, print and online media from across the country as well as journalism instructors from Turkmenistan’s institutions of higher education completed an OSCE-organized training course on journalism reporting skills in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports dialogue on protection of property in time of conflict
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Supreme Court of Ukraine organized on 10 June 2016 in Kyiv a joint roundtable discussion on protection of property in times of conflict, bringing together over 60 representatives of Ukrainian legislative and executive powers, leading judicial and law schools, as well as judges and international and local experts...
OSCE trains young water management experts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
A two-day training seminar on the methods of efficient water management for some 25 students from Kazakhstan’s five leading academic institutions concluded on 10 June 2016 in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Zannier open 10th Conference for German staff in International Organizations
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
Berlin, 9 June 2016 – In his opening remarks at the 10th Conference for German staff in International Organizations, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier paid tribute to Germany’s support for to Organization’s work: “Germany’s contribution to the OSCE is exemplary, both in terms of political and financial support, as well as through the provision of qualified seconded experts who make up the greater part of our staff.
Intelligence-led policing in focus of OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
VIENNA, 9 June 2016 – Over 100 law enforcement experts, academics and representatives from international and regional organizations as well as the OSCE’s 57 participating States and Partners for Co-operation, gathered in Vienna today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, which focuses on a modern policing decision-making model...