News and press releases

Cybersecurity experts and policymakers from Moldova and Ukraine worked to strengthen co-operation and implementation of cyber/ICT security confidence-building measures at a workshop organized by the OSCE in Chisinau on 16 and 17 October. The aim was to enhance national preparedness, bolster crisis management and co-ordination mechanisms, as well as promote regional co-operation on cybersecurity.

SKOPJE, 20 October 2025 – The campaign was competitive in North Macedonia’s local elections and voters had a wide range of political alternatives to choose from, but they were negatively affected by systemic legal gaps and shortcomings in the oversight of campaign finances as well as political polarization and deep public disenchantment with politics, international observers said in a statement today.

First Fergana Peace Forum was organized from 15 to 16 October 2025 at Fergana university. More  than 300 participants from Central Asia, the CIS, Europe, Asia and the America gathered to discuss under the title “Uniting efforts for peace and progress”. Over the course of the two-day discussions,

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) calls for continued attention and a prompt and effective response from law enforcement and judicial institutions regarding the threats targeting journalist Vahidin Durić. The Mission underscores the importance of ensuring that all cases

On 2 October, Emmanuel Decaux, President of the OSCE’s Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, reported to the OSCE Permanent Council about the Court’s activities over the last year.

SARAJEVO, 17 October 2025- On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, 18 October, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB), organized a conference in Sarajevo

As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance public safety, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over 200 fire extinguishers to collective housing buildings in Ulpiana and Sunny Hill neighbourhoods of Prishtinë/Priština municipality.

Mailuu-Suu, 16–17 October 2025- The OSCE, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Mailuu-Suu Mayor’s Office, and with financial support from the European Union, organized the Forum “Development of Mailuu-Suu through Sustainable Tourism.” The Forum emphasized the

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported the Third International Youth Forum of the Syrdarya River Basin on 11 October 2025, which brought together over 248 young participants (143 women and 105 men) from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

As civil society space shrinks and attacks against activists increase in many places, a growing number of human rights defenders are being forced into exile as they seek a safe environment to continue their work freely and securely. This was the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Araminta, and the World Organisation Against Torture at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference today.