News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE field staff and civil society representatives share trial monitoring experiences at Skopje meeting
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Legal professionals from seven OSCE field operations and representatives of 29 NGOs from the OSCE region exchanged experiences in trial monitoring at a meeting co-organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to Skopje from 24 to 26 April 2017 in Skopje.
OSCE Centre organizes training on press services of state institutions in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 April 2017
ASHGABAT, 18 April 2017 – An OSCE-organized training course on enhancing the professional skills of press officers of Turkmenistan’s state institutions opened today in Ashgabat...
Prevention of early forced marriages focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro-organized discussion
Publishing date: 28 March 2017
A workshop on the prevention of early forced marriages, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, took place on 27 March 2017 in Podgorica...
Good practices in managing postponement of removal or voluntary return of irregular migrants focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Riga
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
Good practices for managing situations where the removal or voluntary return of irregular migrants has been postponed, as well as ensuring the rights of such persons, were discussed at the conference co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga on 22 and
In Belarus, OSCE PA President Muttonen signs Annual Session agreement, holds high-level talks
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
MINSK, 16 March 2017 – In meetings today with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, and yesterday with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) has welcomed the active engagement of Belarus in the OSCE PA, and expressed gratitude for the intensive efforts underway in Minsk in preparation for the Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in July...
Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro meets Interior Minister to discuss co-operation and reforms
Publishing date: 27 February 2017
The newly-appointed Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet met with the country’s Interior Minister Mevludin Nuhodzic in Podgorica on 22 February 2017, and assessed the co-operation between the Mission and the Ministry as successful, emphasizing that Montenegro has made strong progress in reforms. She expressed the Mission’s readiness to continue supporting Montenegro’s democratic development...
Ukrainian gender caucus, ODIHR commit to further co-operation to advance equality between women and men
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
The Equal Opportunities Caucus, a cross-faction union at the Ukrainian parliament, and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally committed on 23 February 2017 to continue co-operation to support national efforts towards gender equality.