News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General promotes inter-faith dialogue to prevent radicalization at Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
ASTANA, 11 June 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Astana on 10-11 June to participate in the 5th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and to hold bilateral meetings with Kazakhstan’s Chairman of the Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov...
OSCE/ODIHR trains Latvian police to deal effectively with hate crimes
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
The crucial role police officers play in countering hate crime was the focus of a training-of-trainers workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga from 3 to 5 June 2015.
OSCE Presence, German Embassy launch project to foster public discourse about Communist past in Albania
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
TIRANA, 3 June 2015 – The OSCE Presence in Albania, funded by the German government, launched today a project that aims at fostering a broad public dialogue about the communist past in Albania...
ODIHR Director Link and Ukraine Human Rights Commissioner Lutkovska sign agreement to enhance co-operation in human dimension
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
WARSAW, 3 June 2015- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Valeriya Lutkovska, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, signed an agreement in Warsaw today for greater co-operation between ODIHR and Lutkovska’s office in a broad range of activities in Ukraine, including the promotion of tolerance and gender equality and building greater capacity to monitor the protection and promotion of human rights...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains teachers on non-discrimination, hate speech and personal data protection
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
During the period of April – May 2015, the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized six training courses on anti-discrimination, hate speech and protection of personal data for nearly 120 teachers and professional staff from 22 high schools in Skopje, Tetovo, Gostivar, Kicevo, Struga and Prilep...
OSCE Security Days on “Building Bridges: Promoting Dialogue to Prevent Radicalization and Violent Extremism” sends powerful message of tolerance
Publishing date: 22 May 2015
VIENNA, 22 May 2015 – More than three hundred participants representing OSCE participating States, religious communities, civil society, the media and the academic community held an open debate about the root causes of extremism and radicalization that lead to violence and about possible measures and actions to prevent and counter these processes.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator calls for joint efforts in supporting voices of moderation, promoting dialogue and restoring trust
Publishing date: 20 May 2015
“Inter-cultural dialogue should not only lead to a deeper understanding of the other, but also include conflict prevention and de-escalation, combating prejudices and stereotypes in the public and political discourse,” Ambassador Alexis Chahtahtinsky, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, said in his remarks at the Third World Forum on Intercultural Dialogues that took place in Baku on 18-19 May 2015...