News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds national table top exercise in Bosnia and Herzegovina on protecting critical energy infrastructure from cyber-related terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 16 May 2018
Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise in Sarajevo on 16 and 17 May 2018, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosts regional meeting on gender equality and corruption
Publishing date: 16 May 2018
Over 30 parliamentarians, holders of executive positions, and experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gathered on 15 May 2018 in Sarajevo at a regional meeting on gender equality and corruption hosted by the OSCE Mission to BiH, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE field operations in the region...
Community policing approach to countering violent extremism focus of OSCE-supported training course in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 15 May 2018
SARAJEVO, 15 May 2018 – A two-day training course for 20 police officers from Canton Sarajevo, titled Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Leads to Terrorism: A Community Policing Approach, concluded today in Sarajevo...
Call for young people from Western Balkans for Youth Trail 2018: Promoting OSCE Values among Youth
Publishing date: 9 May 2018
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Municipality of Tirana and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), launched a call for applications for “Youth Trail 2018: Promoting OSCE Values among Youth” on 8 May 2018. The 2018 Youth Trail will be held from 20 to 24 June 2018 in Tirana.
Call for young professionals, students, recent graduates from Western Balkans for 2018 OSCE scholarship programme at European Innovation Academy
Publishing date: 3 May 2018
VIENNA, 3 May 2018 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) opens today a Call for Candidacies for 18 fully-paid scholarships at the European Innovation Academy (EIA), one of the world’s leading summer entrepreneurship programmes for young professionals, students, recent graduates and young start-uppers...
Students from Mostar visit Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions in OSCE-supported study visit
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized a study visit for over 70 secondary school students and teachers from Mostar that concluded on 27 April 2018 in Sarajevo. The students visited the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Central Election Commission and Sarajevo City Hall.
European Union and OSCE’s support to work of justice institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues
Publishing date: 25 April 2018
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2018 – A specialized three-day training course on trial advocacy in war crimes cases for prosecutors of the Special War Crimes Department on the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Sarajevo...