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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE participating States agree to adapt police support to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
VIENNA, 18 November 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States today agreed to adapt the Organization's support to Kyrgyzstan's police taking into account changed circumstances in the country...
OSCE Chairperson supports counter-drugs training course for Afghan police officers
Publishing date: 10 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 10 November 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev, stressed the importance of tackling drug problems and security issues in Afghanistan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains border officials on travel document security
Publishing date: 8 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan, 8 November 2010- A training course that aims to strengthen travel document security in Kyrgyzstan, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today in the Novopokrovka Border Troops Training Centre near Bishkek...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns brutal attack on Russian journalist
Publishing date: 8 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 8 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, condemned today a recent brutal attack on Russian journalist Oleg Kashin and called on Russian authorities to swiftly act and bring its perpetrators...
OSCE-supported regional training course on combating cybercrime starts in Serbia
Publishing date: 1 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 1 November 2010- Twenty police officers from South-Eastern Europe started an OSCE-supported course today in Belgrade to learn about methods to combat cybercrime. The three-week course...
OSCE meeting in Vilnius promotes co-operation to reduce synthetic drug supply in Baltic region
Publishing date: 20 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 20 October, 2010- A OSCE high-level expert workshop that began in Vilnius today focuses on how co-operation can help reduce the production and trafficking of ecstasy, amphetamines and other synthetic drugs in the Baltic region...
OSCE Centre promotes best practices in basic police training
Publishing date: 5 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ASHGABAT, 5 October 2010- About twenty officials from the Interior Ministry and Police Academy of Turkmenistan discussed basic police training in a roundtable meeting which concluded in Ashgabat today...