News and press releases

SKOPJE, 5 April 2012 – On the occasion of International Roma Day on 8 April, the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the local non-governmental organization Ambrela, held a workshop in Skopje today on increasing Roma integration in mainstream education through pre-school education...

SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 4 April 2012- The first shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Eastern Ukraine was safely loaded on to 14 railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...

BELGRADE, 4 April 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Serbia on 6 May...

Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Trandniestrian conflict settlement process, is visiting Tiraspol and Chisinau on 4 and 5 April 2012...

The final report by ODIHR on Kazakhstan’s early parliamentary elections on 15 January 2012 concludes that they did not meet OSCE commitments or international standards, and offers a number of recommendations to bring the conduct of elections in line with fundamental principles for democratic elections...

BAKU, 5 April 2012- A four-day training course on public relations and political campaigning organized by the OSCE Office in Baku for young political activists started today in Baku...

ATYRAU, Kazakhstan, 4 April 2012 – Promoting the Aarhus Convention with a special focus on public participation in water and environmental programmes in western Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable discussion held in Atyrau today...