News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports Meeting of Executive Board of Permanent Conference of Prosecutors
Publishing date: 23 February 2021
The programmatic activities for 2021 and a decision on the next host country for its Secretariat were the focus of the meeting of the Executive Board of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) held on 23 February 2021.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador of Slovenia
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
On 22 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Barbara Žvokelj to discuss the current state of media freedom in Slovenia and possible areas of future co-operation with the Slovenian authorities.
OSCE Presence in Albania is not conducting any elections related surveys in Albania
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
TIRANA, 22 February 2021 — It has come to the attention of the OSCE Presence in Albania that an organization calling itself OKSE is conducting opinion polls and surveys, allegedly on behalf of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 42/2021 issued on 22 February 2021
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
Summary Between the evenings of 19 and 21 February, the SMM recorded 25 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 594 ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 19 and 21 February, the Mission recorded 204 ceasefire violations in Luhansk
OSCE holds joint interactive webinar with Kofi Annan Foundation on role of youth in inter-faith dialogue and preventing and countering extremism
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
Over 70 participants from across the OSCE area took part in an online interactive webinar on The Role of Youth in Inter-faith Dialogue in the Context of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT) on 22 February 2021.
OSCE supports efforts to promote ethnic diversity in Moldova
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
The OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Agency for Inter-ethnic Relations of the Republic of Moldova released a video on 19 February 2021 on ethnic diversity in Moldova to commemorate International Mother Language Day.
Trafficking along migration routes, COVID-related challenges for refugees and asylum seekers discussed at meeting of OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee
Publishing date: 22 February 2021
COPENHAGEN, 19 February 2021 – Taking stock of migratory developments in the OSCE region over the last several months, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration met today and discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the precarious conditions in which refugees and asylum seekers find themselves. The meeting also focused on developing synergies between the OSCE’s executive structures and OSCE parliamentarians in the area of combating trafficking in human beings along migration routes.