News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River discuss ways to better resolve clients’ documentation problems
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first of this year’s Human Rights Clubs discussions for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on 12 May 2017. The event, held in Varnita, brought together some 30 lawyers and NGO representatives to discuss how to better aid clients who encounter issues with their documentation...
OSCE Mission to Moldova addresses gender inequality and domestic violence in series of public lectures
Publishing date: 12 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova launched a series of 15 public lectures on 2 May 2017 aimed at promoting gender equality and combating domestic violence in Moldova. The public lectures, organized with the support of Moldova’s Ministry of Education, will be held throughout the year in 13 separate locations across the country, including the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia. Some 900 students and teachers of vocational schools are expected to attend...
Republic of Moldova’s efforts in managing small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition debated at Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 29 March 2017
VIENNA, 29 March 2017 – Republic of Moldova’s progress in the field of small arms and light weapons management should be used to move the process further by focusing on new priorities in this area and improving compliance with international standards and commitments, say speakers in the session of the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) held on 29 March in Vienna...
OSCE and UNECE support progress towards climate change adaptation in the Dniester River basin
Publishing date: 27 March 2017
OSCE and UNECE (the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) jointly organized a meeting of the Working Group on Flood Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Dniester River Basin on 23 March 2017 in Chisinau, Moldova. The meeting attracted more than 60 participants from the ministries of the environment, water agencies, hydro-meteorological services, research institutions and non-governmental organizations from Moldova and Ukraine...
Progress on ‘package of eight’ will advance Transdniestrian settlement process and improve people’s lives, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 24 March 2017
CHISINAU, 24 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Wolf Dietrich Heim, today concluded a visit to the region where he met political representatives of the sides in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Personal Representative on Combating Anti-Semitism encouraged by initial steps to support Holocaust education and remembrance in Moldova
Publishing date: 3 March 2017
CHISINAU, 3 March 2017 – The Personal Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism, Rabbi Andrew Baker, today concluded his first official visit to Moldova, where he met with government and Jewish community representatives to discuss measures to strengthen the commemoration and study of the Holocaust in Moldova and to combat anti-Semitism, intolerance and hate crimes...
Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities pledges to continue supporting integration in Moldova
Publishing date: 23 February 2017
The implementation of Moldova’s Strategy for Consolidation of Inter-ethnic Relations 2017¬¬¬–2027 was discussed at a conference organized by the office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the Bureau of Inter-ethnic Relations in Chisinau on 16 February 2017...