News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission assists Moldova with designing new school course on the Holocaust in the local context
Publishing date: 4 November 2019
OSCE supported a workshop on the use of a methodological guide for an optional high school course “Holocaust: the History and Lessons of Life”. Over 30 history and civil education teachers attended the training course on 31 October and 1 November 2019 in Chisinau.
OSCE Mission to Moldova enhances capacity and co-operation to promote rights of persons belonging to national minorities
Publishing date: 28 October 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized two workshops, 24 October in Chisinau and 25 October in Comrat, to enhance professional capacity and co-operation of state institutions working in the field of national minorities' rights. The events brought together some 50 representatives from the Agency for Interethnic Relations, the Ombudsperson’s Office, the Equality Council, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research as well as ethno-cultural and national minority organizations and regional authorities from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia...
Ways to improve the national mechanism of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims is the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop to discuss practical ways to improve the national legal and institutional mechanisms of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims in Moldova took place from 9 to 11 October 2019 in Chisinau. Thirty-five representatives of the justice, prosecution, health and finance state institutions, as well as relevant parliamentary committees participated in the event. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice.
Two-day 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process conclude in Bratislava
Publishing date: 10 October 2019
BRATISLAVA, 10 October 2019- The two-day 5+2 talks on the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process on the Transdniestrian Settlement concluded today with the Sides, mediators and observers noting that work to agree on a new Bratislava Protocol will continue.
Participants of Model OSCE for Moldova’s youth reach unity through diversity
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Thirty students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River practiced their diplomacy skills at the sixth edition of the Model OSCE for Youth, which concluded with the adoption of an “Addendum to the OSCE Gender Action Plan” on 29 September 2019 in Moldova. The document was the result of a compromise and consensus, which the young “ambassadors” put into practice during a simulation of an OSCE Permanent Council meeting...
On a visit to the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia, Head of OSCE Mission says Moldova’s diversity to be embraced with respect and tolerance
Publishing date: 24 September 2019
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch paid a working visit to the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia on 24 September 2019. The Head of Mission met with Bashkan of Gagauzia Irina Vlah and the Speaker of the People's Assembly Vladimir Kissa...
OSCE Secretary General hails progress in the settlement process, pledges support to the removal of ammunition from Cobasna
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
CHISINAU, 19 September 2019 – The progress achieved by Chisinau and Tiraspol in the Transdniestrian settlement process brings a positive change to local populations and provides a good example of conflict resolution for the whole OSCE area, said OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger during a three-day visit to the Republic of Moldova, which concluded today.