News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New head of OSCE Mission arrives in Moldova
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
CHISINAU, 1 August 2014 – The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan, took up his position today in Chisinau...
OSCE Summer School brings together students from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river to learn about local ecosystem
Publishing date: 21 July 2014
An OSCE-supported summer school held from 10 to 20 July 2014 brought together 70 young students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in the riverside town of Molovata Noua...
OSCE supports study visit of defence officers from Turkmenistan to ammunition sites in Moldova
Publishing date: 15 July 2014
ASHGABAT, 15 July 2014 – Five senior officials from the Defence Ministry of Turkmenistan discussed practices of safe storage of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition during an OSCE-supported study visit to Moldova that concluded in Chisinau today...
High Commissioner on National Minorities expresses concern over future of Latin-script schools in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 9 July 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors, on a trip to Chisinau and Tiraspol on 7 and 8 July 2014, expressed her concern that schools teaching in the Latin-script could face closure by the authorities in Tiraspol if an agreement is not reached before the start of the next school year on 1 September...
OSCE Special Representative on Transdniestrian settlement encourages more contacts between sides at all levels
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
CHISINAU, 2 July 2014 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević concluded his visit to the region today...
OSCE/ODIHR presents assessment report and legal opinion on performance evaluation of judges in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Evaluating the performance of judges to help improve their skills was the focus of a roundtable event co-organized by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 27 June 2014 in Chisinau.
Confidence building between Transdniestria and Moldova discussed at OSCE conference in Germany
Publishing date: 11 June 2014
FREISING, Germany, 11 June 2014 – A two-day conference on strengthening confidence-building measures between Transdniestria and Moldova concluded today in Freising in southern Germany. The conference is organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova with the support of the German government...