News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina condemns attack on Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 12 July 2015
SARAJEVO, 12 July 2015- Ambassador Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has strongly condemned the violent attack on Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic yesterday in Srebrenica...
OSCE supports co-operation among law enforcement agencies in South East Europe
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2 July 2015 – Over 30 representatives from ten OSCE participating States of the South-Eastern European region and experts from nine international and regional organizations are meeting on 2 and 3 July in Sarajevo to discuss law enforcement co-operation in combating the increasing spread of new psychoactive substances...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 June – 3 July
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
VIENNA, 26 June 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 June – 3 July to discuss media freedom issues with senior government officials, civil society and media representatives...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports first mobile ‘Youth and Security’ Summer School
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
SARAJEVO, 26 June 2015 – The first mobile “Youth and Security” Summer School, held in Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Konjic from 22 to 26 June, concluded today...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2014 general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 June 2015
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Sarajevo on 24 and 25 June 2015 to present recommendations from the final report on the 12 October 2014 general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and UN Women promote gender-responsive budgeting in Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
As a part of their effort to improve status of women and girls, including through Gender Responsive Budgeting, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding today, on 16 June 2015, with Mayors and representatives of the Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac...
OSCE Secretary General encourages political parties in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to adopt necessary reform agenda
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
VIENNA, 9 June 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Crnadak, discussed in Vienna today the priorities of the BiH Council of Europe Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, as well as the current situation in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)...