News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Parliamentary staff receive expert support from OSCE Mission to Montenegro in preparing budget circulars from gender perspective
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
How to draft a gender responsive budget was the focus of a two-day workshop for staff of parliamentary committees and units, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 15 and 16 May in Podgorica.
Empowering higher education institutions: OSCE launches "Crime Prevention and Culture of Lawfulness" university curriculum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
On 16 May 2023, the OSCE and regional partners held a seminar in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for higher education institutions to present the OSCE-developed "Crime Prevention and Culture of Lawfulness" curriculum.
First OSCE training on cybercrime and digital evidence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 May 2023
From 9 to 12 May 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, organized an introductory training course on cybercrime and digital evidence at the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan.
From Strategy to Action: Implementing SALW and CA Projects in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2023
The inaugural event on launching these two projects, entitled “Improvement of SALW and CA life-cycle management capacity of Ministry of Defense of Kyrgyz Republic” and “Reducing risk of illicit SALW, ammunition and explosives proliferation across border of Kyrgyz Republic”, took place on 15 May 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
State Election Commission with OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training workshop for municipal electoral commissions
Publishing date: 15 May 2023
Building on a training course conducted in March, the State Election Commission together with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a training session for municipal electoral commissions on how to train polling station staff ahead of 11 June parliamentary elections.
Albania’s local elections largely well administered, but characterized by continued polarization and lack of focus on local issues, international observers say
Publishing date: 15 May 2023
Tirana, 15 May 2023 – Albania’s 14 May local elections were generally well-administered, competitive and held with the participation of the country’s key political forces, but the process was characterized by continued polarization between the two main political parties in the country and deep divisions among the opposition, the international observers said in a statement today. Contestants could campaign freely, but issues of importance for local communities barely featured in the campaigns. Cases of the misuse of public resources at both the national and local levels, allegations of pressure on voters and public sector workers, in particular, and of vote-buying were of concern, the observers said.
HCNM reflects upon three decades of quiet diplomacy and conflict prevention
Publishing date: 15 May 2023
On 12 May 2023, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov co-organized an expert meeting in Flensburg, Germany, entitled “Three Decades of HCNM’s Experience in Quiet Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention: Lessons Learned and New Challenges”. This is the first of a series of events to mark 30 years since his office was first opened in The Hague.