News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo NGOs monitor municipal finances
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
A three-day workshop for 40 non-governmental organizations in Kosovo on overseeing financial activities of municipalities concluded in Mavrovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 7 April 2012...
Anti-money laundering practices focus of OSCE workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 2 April 2012
ASHGABAT, 2 April 2012 – Prevention of money-laundering by applying international mechanisms, tools and best practices is the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop for experts and civil servants that opened in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia helps improve transparency of Security-Information Agency
Publishing date: 28 March 2012
BELGRADE, 27 March 2012 – Serbia’s Security-Information Agency (BIA) launched a new website today, developed with support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
OSCE Office supports Armenia’s governance reform
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Centralised data transfer system, measures to implement state labour oversight, control of technical security were discussed at the Inter-agency Inspection Reform Council held in Yerevan on 6 March 2012 with the OSCE Office’s participation...
OSCE meeting on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism in Vienna
Publishing date: 6 February 2012
VIENNA, 6 February 2012 – The OSCE’s practical contribution to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism, and defining a strategic way forward in this area are the focus of a meeting between representatives from 56 countries which started in Vienna today...
OSCE and Mediterranean civil society groups recommend increased Organization engagement to support transitions in the Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 26 January 2012 a report summarizing the discussions and the recommendations agreed at the OSCE- Mediterranean Partner Countries' Civil Society Conference, held in Vilnius on 4-5 December 2011 ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council...