News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Fifth anniversary of OSCE Police Reform Programme in Kyrgyzstan marked with conference
Publishing date: 22 November 2008
BISHKEK, 22 November 2008- Almost 100 officials participated in a conference today that marked the fifth anniversary of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme. The Interior Ministry and the OSCE Centre co-organized the event...
OSCE holds regional workshop on combating illicit drugs trafficking in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 November 2008
TASHKENT, 20 November 2008- Improving co-operation among the national stakeholders in Central Asia to prevent and investigate drug trafficking, and exchanging intelligence information is the purpose of a regional workshop that opened in Tashkent today...
OSCE promotes democratic policing in Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 November 2008
ALMATY, 13 November 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in Central Asia to put the Organization's guidelines on democratic policing into practice is the focus of a roundtable discussion that opened in Almaty today...
Afghan police officers graduate from OSCE-organized counter-narcotics course
Publishing date: 10 November 2008
VIENNA, 10 December 2008- Twelve Afghan police officers graduated today from a drugs-fighting training course, organized by the OSCE with the International Drugs-fighting Training Centre in Domodedovo, outside Moscow...
OSCE presents guide on police training
Publishing date: 31 October 2008
VIENNA, 31 October 2008- The OSCE's Strategic Police Matters Unit presented a new guide on basic police training in Vienna today, on the final day of its annual Police Experts Meeting...
OSCE hosts police expert meeting on combating cybercrime
Publishing date: 30 October 2008
VIENNA, 30 October 2008- Fighting the threat of cyber crime is the focus of an OSCE conference for policing experts that began in Vienna today...
Co-operation needed to protect children from sexual exploitation on the Internet, participants in OSCE online seminar say
Publishing date: 13 October 2008
VIENNA, 13 October 2008- The OSCE's first conference to be held exclusively online opened today with speakers calling for co-operation to protect children from sexual exploitation on the Internet...