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OSCE supports roundtable on civil society anti-corruption monitoring

Publishing date: 18 October 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Good governance
On 18 October 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office) organized a roundtable event to present and discuss the findings and recommendations of four monitoring reports prepared by civil society national experts (two women, and two men).

OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia, UNHCR, OSCE Mission to Skopje, HCNM and ODIHR join forces to end statelessness in South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 17 October 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 17 October 2023 – Resolving all known cases of statelessness in South-Eastern Europe and preventing children from being born stateless are the commitments made by the national authorities and civil society representatives at a regional conference held today in Skopje, North Macedonia.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani completes visit to Kyiv, reiterates OSCE’s continued support as Ukraine copes with devastating effects of the war

Publishing date: 17 October 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KYIV, 17 October 2023- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, completed his second visit to Ukraine.

Poland’s parliamentary elections were competitive but marked by misuse of public resources and public media bias, international observers say

Publishing date: 16 October 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 16 October 2023 – Poland’s parliamentary elections were characterized by record high voter participation with a wide choice of political options and candidates able to campaign freely, but the campaign was tarnished by notable overlap between the ruling party’s messages and government information campaigns. Together with distorted and openly partisan coverage by the public broadcaster, this provided a clear advantage to the ruling party, undermining the democratic separation of state and party, international observers said in a statement today.

Ninth edition Dialogue Academy for young women from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade concludes in Struga

Publishing date: 16 October 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Gender equality, Youth
The 9th OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, concluded yesterday in Struga, North Macedonia.

Joint statement of Personal Representatives of OSCE Chairman-in-Office on Tolerance and Non-discrimination on recent Hamas attacks on Israel

Publishing date: 14 October 2023
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SKOPJE/VIENNA, 14 October 2023- Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative on Combating Anti-Semitism, Associate Professor Dr. Regina Polak, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, made the following statement:

OSCE concludes EU-funded training course on surface water rescue operations

Publishing date: 14 October 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
On 14 October 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office) completed a two-week training course on “Surface Water Rescue Operation” for representatives of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence (CoESCD).