News and press releases

Recognizing, investigating and prosecuting hate crimes in Poland and Bulgaria were the focus of two workshops organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), from 7 to 18 March 2016 in Lublin and Sofia.

BELGRADE, 18 March 2016 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited election observation mission for the 24 April early parliamentary elections in Serbia. The mission's deployment follows an invitation from the Serbian authorities...

Civic orientation and language support programmes in migrant integration were the focus of the regional expert workshop “Good Practices in Integration of Migrants in line with OSCE Commitments and International Legal Standards” held in Riga on 17 and 18 March 2016.

DUSHANBE, 18 March 2016 – Effective leadership and management techniques were the focus of a week-long training course, which concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...

Tbilisi, 18 March 2016- Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on 17 March, conducted a monitoring exercise on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of his mandate....

A two-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE on 17-18 March 2016 in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, brought together representatives of Aarhus Centres and other local partners from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to discuss how to promote the engagement of stakeholders in the stabilization, restoration and disposal of uranium mill waste, also known as uranium tailings remediation...

DUSHANBE, 18 March 2016 – Twenty officers from the Main Directorate of Tajik Border Troops completed today a regular four-week training course on patrolling and leadership, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, at the Gissar Training Centre, Tajikistan...