News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Left-bank NGOs discuss how to better meet local needs at OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported event
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered 18 civil society representatives from Transdniestria on 29 June 2017 for the second in a series of Civil Society Club meetings organized this year. The event, held in Parcani, focused on improving NGOs’ public outreach and ability to better meet local needs...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains law students to raise awareness about free legal aid
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event on raising awareness about free legal aid for 21 law students from Balti, Cahul and Chisinau on 26 and 27 June 2017. As a result of the event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, participants will go on to organize a series of public events in rural areas addressing the most widespread legal issues facing vulnerable members of the community...
OSCE Mission to Moldova brings together lawyers from both banks for summer training course on accessing information
Publishing date: 27 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a three-day summer training course for lawyers from 23 to 25 June 2017 aimed at enhancing their ability to access information and to collect and protect personal data in accordance with Moldovan law and international standards. The event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, brought together 30 lawyers and representatives of NGOs and legal aid clinics for lively discussions on this complex subject...
Moldovan army officers trained to securely handle conventional ammunition during OSCE-supported six-week course
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
A total of 26 Moldovan army officers and representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Security and Intelligence Service successfully graduated from a six-week training course on 21 June 2017 supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The course was held in Chisinau and delivered by Moldovan army officers with assistance from Austrian and German trainers...
OSCE Mission to Moldova continues to equip young people from both banks with essential debating skills
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
A training event held in Vadul-lui-Vodă by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 16 to 18 June 2017 has equipped some 40 high school students and their teachers with essential debating techniques...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains police in Moldova’s north and south to investigate hate crimes
Publishing date: 20 June 2017
Between 13 and 16 June 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized two training events in the north and south of Moldova, during which a total of 37 police officers learnt how to effectively identify and investigate bias-motivated crimes, otherwise known as hate crimes...
OSCE continues to increase justice sector capacity to effectively prosecute cases of domestic violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 13 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova partnered with the National Institute of Justice on 8 and 9 June to launch a new training cycle that aims to boost the capacity of justice sector actors to prosecute instances of domestic violence. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together 22 prosecutors and judges to study how to identify and assist domestic violence victims in the context of recent amendments to Moldovan legislation...