News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR opens limited election observation mission in Poland
Publishing date: 4 September 2023
WARSAW, 4 September 2023 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission for the 15 October 2023 parliamentary elections in Poland, following an invitation from the national authorities.
OSCE trains trainers on domestic violence prosecution in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 September 2023
From 28 August to 1 September 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (the Office) organized a five-day training of trainers for the Institute for advanced training under the General Prosecutor’s Office in Dushanbe. The training brought together 8 participants, including seven management and teaching staff of the Institute for advanced training of prosecutors in Tajikistan and a representative from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
OSCE Mission brings together youth from different Kosovo communities through sports
Publishing date: 1 September 2023
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded today its fourth edition of the multiethnic tennis camp organized in co-operation with the municipality of Gračanica/Graçanicё, gathering youth from different communities for practice and games. 20 youth from Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo Serb and Kosovo Ashkali
Young Ukrainian lawyers enhance their understanding of human rights protection tools at a series of OSCE-supported summer schools
Publishing date: 31 August 2023
More than 90 young legal professionals, students of law and post-graduates, including 53 women and 40 men, had a chance to upgrade their professional knowledge during a series of four summer schools, organized in August by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (the SPU).
Estonia 2023 parliamentary elections: ODIHR election expert team final report
Publishing date: 31 August 2023
The March 2023 parliamentary elections in Estonia were competitive and pluralistic and the election process, including internet voting, was administered efficiently, with minor technical difficulties. While trust in the internet vote remains high, some parties publicly questioned its integrity,
OSCE Chairman Osmani holds telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
SKOPJE, 30 August – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
Empowering youth voices in Central Asia: OSCE Summer School spurs engagement on climate change and security in mountain areas
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
From 17 to 26 August 2023, twenty young people from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan to learn about climate-related security risks in mountain areas and deliberate on innovative solutions and