News and press releases

Best practices in the application of risk-based supervision over all financial institutions (FI) were presented during an OSCE-organized seminar that took place on 25 and 26 March 2025 in Ashgabat. The two-day seminar facilitated the implementation of specific provisions of the Plan on Technical

On 26 March 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over a set of IT and office equipment to the Inter-ministerial Commission on Combatting Trafficking in Persons of the Republic of Tajikistan.

BUCHAREST, 25 March 2025 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 4 May repeat presidential election in Romania, following an official invitation from the national authorities.

The OSCE, with the support of the National Institute of Justice, conducted a practical workshop on virtual assets for judges and prosecutors in Chisinau, Moldova, on 24 and 25 March. This was the first OSCE workshop on this topic for representatives of the Moldovan judiciary after a series of trainings targeted at investigators, regulators and representatives of financial institutions.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) notes with concern recent attempts to restrict or prohibit media access to parliamentary sessions across Bosnia and Herzegovina, including at the municipal level. Access to information and the ability to report freely on matters of public

Both rounds of the presidential election as well as the constitutional referendum were well managed, and contestants campaigned freely despite concerns over illicit foreign interference and active disinformation efforts. The election administration worked professionally and demonstrated impartiality in its decision-making. Voters were offered a variety of political alternatives among presidential candidates, who were registered in an inclusive process. However, the manner in which the presidential election and referendum campaigns were conducted simultaneously, and media coverage that favoured the incumbent, did not provide fully equal opportunities. The regulation of the short second-round period limited campaign opportunities and the effectiveness of legal remedies, while overly burdensome financial reporting requirements together with limited disclosure of actual donations and expenditures negatively impacted the transparency of campaign finances in the second round. 

On 20 and 21 March, the parliamentary Committee on Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning, together with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, organized a workshop on the ecological perspective in spatial planning and eco-urbanism.