News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BIH supports meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on election reform
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
KONJIC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with BiH Parliamentary Assembly and BiH Central Election Commission (CEC), organized the ninth two-day meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on changes to election legislation in BiH which concluded today in Konjic...
OSCE calls for multidisciplinary approach to preventing violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
SARAJEVO, 8 December 2015 – Partnership between the security sector, civil society, local government and communities, and the private sector is of vital importance to effectively counter violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), participants agreed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to BiH in co-operation with the Security Ministry that ended today...
OSCE field missions’ work in promoting regional co-operation important for stability in Western Balkans, says Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
BELGRADE, 2 December 2015- The work of the OSCE’s field operations in South-east Europe in promoting regional co-operation is important for sustaining stability in the region, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...
Participants of OSCE-supported discussion in Bosnia and Herzegovina called to unite efforts in addressing online content that incites violence
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
SARAJEVO, 27 November 2015 – Addressing online content that incites violence was in the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that concluded today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s compliance with OSCE and UN politico-military security commitments in focus at 8th Annual Review Conference
Publishing date: 18 November 2015
JAHORINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18 November 2015 – The 8th Annual Review Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s compliance with OSCE and UN Security Commitments concluded today in Jahorina, having brought together more than 70 participants from the government, civil society and the expert community...
OSCE stands with Super Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark International Day of Tolerance
Publishing date: 16 November 2015
SARAJEVO, 16 November 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported 19 coalitions against hate from all over the country in their endeavors to promote positive narratives of tolerance and coexistence during the Month of Tolerance, a campaign that concluded today with the International Day of Tolerance...
OSCE supports training course on the first database for domestic violence cases in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
Publishing date: 6 November 2015
SARAJEVO, 6 November 2015- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the FBiH Gender Centre, the Network of Women Police Officers, and UN Women, today concluded a series of ten training courses on implementing the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence and the use of the domestic violence database...