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Albanian Parliament launches e-Legislation Portal with OSCE and Swiss support

Publishing date: 23 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Cyber/ICT Security, Human rights, Education, Good governance, Gender equality
On 23 June 2025, in an important milestone for Albania’s legislative process, the Assembly of Albania launched the e-Legislation Portal, created through a project of the OSCE Presence in Albania with funding from the Swiss government. The Portal, developed in line with the international Akoma Ntoso

Mission facilitates participation of Parliament representatives in ODIHR workshop on gender equality

Publishing date: 11 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitated the participation of three representatives of the Parliament of Montenegro in the ODIHR workshop “Realizing Gender Equality in and by Parliaments.” The workshop, which was held from 3 to 4 June in Helsinki, was organized on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.

OSCE supports Montenegrin parliamentary staff’s visit to National Assembly of Slovenia

Publishing date: 15 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
On 13 and 14 May, six representatives of the Parliamentary Institute of Montenegro, led by its Head, Nataša Komnenić, undertook a study visit to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.

Further reforms needed in Kazakhstan to strengthen fair trial rights: ODIHR monitoring report

Publishing date: 6 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
ODIHR Kazakhstan fair trial monitoring WARSAW, 6 May 2025 – In a report summarising its year-long monitoring of more than 400 court hearings related to the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) documented court practices that fall

Op-Ed by Ambassador Brian Aggeler on current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 23 April 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Today Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing the most serious constitutional crisis since the end of the war nearly thirty years ago. The Dayton Peace Agreement that ended that devastating war entrusted the OSCE with a vital role: to help secure lasting peace, protect human rights, and support building a stable, democratic state.

OSCE-Led Training Enhances Ammunition Management Capacity of the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic

Publishing date: 18 April 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management
From 1 to 11 April 2025, eighteen specialists from the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic completed a training course on safe storage, surveillance and transportation of ammunition. The course was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, in collaboration with the Ministry of

OSCE Presence, General Prosecutor’s Office organize workshop on strengthening prosecutors’ role in combating electoral crimes in Albania

Publishing date: 10 April 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
On 10 April 2025, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the General Prosecutor’s Office organized a workshop aimed at enhancing investigative and prosecution capacities of electoral crimes ahead of 11 May parliamentary elections.