News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje presents evaluation report of its training courses for police on the Law on Criminal Procedure
Publishing date: 20 April 2017
The OSCE Mission to Skopje on 20 April 2017 presented the findings and recommendations of an evaluation of the OSCE’s training courses for police on the Law on Criminal Procedure, which were conducted between 2011 and 2015...
OSCE continues training seminars for Kazakhstan police in psychological profiling techniques
Publishing date: 14 April 2017
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for police officers in psychological profiling techniques used when policing large-scale events concluded in Karaganda, Kazakhstan on 14 April 2017.
OSCE trains cybercrime investigators from Georgia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 27 March 2017
A five-day regional training course for 14 cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia focusing on investigating malware started on 27 March 2017 in Tbilisi. The course is organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit with the support of the Georgia Internal Affairs Ministry and its Academy...
OSCE Secretary General briefs 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier briefed the 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on 14 March 2017 in Vienna, highlighting the OSCE’s activities in tackling the world drug problem...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Police women officers on operational command duties
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
The OSCE Mission and the Association of Kosovo Police Women organized a five-day training course on operational commanders’ duties for senior female police officers. The training course, attended by 14 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants – heads of different units within the Kosovo Police- was held from 13 to 17 March 2017 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro meets Interior Minister to discuss co-operation and reforms
Publishing date: 27 February 2017
The newly-appointed Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet met with the country’s Interior Minister Mevludin Nuhodzic in Podgorica on 22 February 2017, and assessed the co-operation between the Mission and the Ministry as successful, emphasizing that Montenegro has made strong progress in reforms. She expressed the Mission’s readiness to continue supporting Montenegro’s democratic development...
Malta to implement OSCE/ODIHR hate crime training programme for law enforcement
Publishing date: 2 February 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) signed an agreement with the Maltese authorities on 2 February 2017 to implement ODIHR’s Training against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. The programme is designed to be integrated into existing training