News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Law students and paralegals ready to raise awareness of legal aid following OSCE-supported training
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
On 23 and 24 September 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event for a group of law students and paralegals on conducting presentations to encourage the public to make use of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova. A total of 14 law students and six paralegals from Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and several regions of Moldova took part in the training, which was held in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
Civil society from both banks gain essential project-writing skills at OSCE Mission to Moldova workshop
Publishing date: 4 August 2015
Between 31 July and 2 August 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River for a workshop to enhance their project-writing skills when applying for donor funding. The event was held in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the river, and focused both on the technical aspects of writing proposals as well as on identifying common issues on which participants could create equitable and sustainable partnerships...
OSCE Representative presents analysis of draft amendments to Moldova’s Audiovisual Code
Publishing date: 3 August 2015
VIENNA, 3 August 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today presented a legal analysis of two draft laws amending the Audiovisual Code of the Republic of Moldova, commissioned by her Office to assist the authorities in their efforts to improve the national media legislation...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains lawyers on human rights issues
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
On 17-19 July 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a three-day training event for 21 lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on representing the fundamental rights of potential clients before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The training was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town on the bank of the river...
Students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River took part in OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported Youth Summer School
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
A celebration to mark the end of a ten-day summer school for youth was held on 19 July 2015 in Molovata Noua, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River. Local officials and inhabitants from both banks of the river attended the event, as did the 80 participants of the summer school...
Lawyers discuss family law issues during second Human Rights Club meeting held by OSCE Mission to Moldova
Publishing date: 14 July 2015
On 10 July, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the second meeting this year of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. The event was held at the Tiraspol office of the OSCE Mission to Moldova and brought together more than 40 lawyers...
CiO Dačić confirms commitment to 5+2 process in a letter OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestria delivers during his return visit to region
Publishing date: 8 July 2015
CHISINAU, 8 July 2015 – The Special Representative of the Serbian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, today concluded his second visit to the region in one week, following on from a visit to Chisinau on 30 June...