News and press releases

Some 240 district law enforcement officers and social workers completed training courses on combating domestic violence organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in eight southern districts of Moldova, including the Autonomous Territorial District of Gagauzia from 18 July to 2 August 2018...

Seventeen civil society professionals from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River successfully completed a two-day capacity-building training course on best practices in identifying and assisting victims of trafficking in human beings. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with the Transdniestrian NGO Women’s Initiatives from 10 to 11 July 2018 in Tiraspol...

Thirty legal and civil society professionals from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River, as well as representatives of the Moldovan Ombudsman’s office, completed a three-day training course on human rights monitoring organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 28 to 30 June 2018. The course was designed to enhance the capacity of the participants and their role in monitoring the human rights situation and to strengthen co-operation between the legal communities on both banks...

CHISINAU, 26 June 2018 – Concluding his first visit to Moldova, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) lauded recent achievements in the Transdniestrian settlement process and encouraged both Chisinau and Tiraspol to sustain the momentum of progress in the coming months to create the necessary conditions for a comprehensive and peaceful resolution of the conflict...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a workshop in Tiraspol on 15 June 2018 for 35 legal professionals from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on international standards regulating the right to the freedom of movement...

CHISINAU, 8 June 2018 – The Personal Representative of the Italian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, Rabbi Andrew Baker, concluded his three-day trip to Moldova today, which is a follow-up to his first visit to the country last year. Over the course of his visit, Rabbi Baker met with representatives from the government, the parliament, and the Jewish community to discuss the progress of the implementation of the Action Plan for 2017-2019 in the field of Holocaust education and remembrance. The Action Plan was adopted by the Moldovan government on 22 May 2017.

ROME, 30 May 2018 – All aspects of the “package of eight” will be finalized by the end of the year: this was the historic outcome of the 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process held in Rome on 29 and 30 May under the Italian OSCE Chairmanship. The commitment is reflected in the Rome Protocol signed by the Sides, mediators and observers. The Protocol outlines clear timelines and mechanisms to ensure the rapid finalization of the outstanding issues from the “package of eight” priorities identified by the Sides in 2017.