News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes discussions on the application of the State Innovative Policy in the regions
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
On 4 October 2016, the OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a roundtable discussion on the use of the State Innovative Policy as an instrument of development in the regions, with particular focus on the experience of Moldova’s autonomous region of Gagauzia...
OSCE supports local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
An OSCE-supported seminar on the next steps in local self-governance reform took place on 5 October 2016 in Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Region...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting opens in Skopje with focus on confidence-building and good governance
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
SKOPJE, 30 September 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2016 Autumn Meeting, bringing together some 170 parliamentarians from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States, opened today in Skopje with addresses by OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen and host officials...
OSCE-supported training course for Montenegro’s parliamentary services focus on communication and presentation skills
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
Communication and presentation skills were the topic for the second in a series of educational training courses held for representatives of Montenegro’s Parliament from 29 to 30 September 2016 in Podgorica...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s National Reforms Council discuss co-operation on improving reform efforts
Publishing date: 28 September 2016
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Vaidotas Verba and Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of Ukraine President’s Administration of President of Ukraine, who is also Secretary of the National Reforms Council (NRC), met on 27 September 2016 in Kyiv to discuss continuing support to the country’s reform agenda. National Reforms Council is a consultative body created under the President of Ukraine to plan, promote and track implementation of reforms...
OSCE PA’s Skopje Autumn Meeting to explore ways of strengthening good governance and confidence-building measures
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
COPENHAGEN, 23 September 2016 – In one week, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 15th Autumn Meeting will open in Skopje with addresses by host officials including Speaker of Parliament Trajko Veljanoski and Vice-President Renata Deskoska. The opening session will also feature remarks by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) and a special address by Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, followed by a debate...
OSCE course in Turkmenistan addresses communication through online resources of state institutions
Publishing date: 9 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 9 September 2016 – Some 25 content managers and IT specialists from Turkmenistan’s Mejlis (Parliament), law-enforcement bodies, key ministries, media and financial institutions discussed new opportunities for communication through websites of state institutions at an OSCE-organized course that concluded today in Ashgabat...