News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Crime prevention mechanisms reviewed at OSCE-supported training course for Kyrgyz Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 3 May 2016
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry, organized a four-day training course for 20 officers on model neighborhood inspector held from 26 to 29 April 2016 at the community policing training center in Osh city...
OSCE seminars promote traffic safety in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 April 2016
MARY, Turkmenistan, 29 April 2016 – A two-day OSCE-organized seminar for 20 officers from the Traffic Control Police Service of Mary province, in southern Turkmenistan, on enhancing their capacity to efficiently manage traffic and safeguard road security, concluded today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains new Ukrainian neighbourhood police
Publishing date: 21 April 2016
KYIV, 21 April 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launched a series of re-training courses today for the new Ukrainian neighbourhood police force as part of its ongoing support to country-wide law enforcement reform. Some 10,000 officers who pass the re-attestation procedure will refine skills and knowledge during the hundred-hour courses to be held from April to December 2016...
OSCE, at UN General Assembly Special Session on world drug problem, highlights importance of strengthening co-operation in combating trafficking
Publishing date: 21 April 2016
NEW YORK, 21 April 2016 – Co-operation is needed more than ever to address the world drug problem and to significantly improve international and regional security, said the Head of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, Guy Vinet on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) in New York on the world drug problem...
OSCE promotes implementation of effective traffic safety measures in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 7 April 2016
TASHKENT, 7 April 2016 – The implementation of traffic management and effective road safety measures were the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion for some 40 representatives of the Interior Ministry, Parliament, state agencies, media and civil society, and a two-day seminar for 25 traffic police officers, held in Tashkent from 5 to 7 April...
OSCE Presence helps Albanian police better respond to irregular migration
Publishing date: 24 March 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania on 24 March 2016 launched a series of workshops for the Albanian border and migration police with the aim of raising their capacity to respond to the challenges of irregular migration, particularly in light of the increased migrant flows through the Western Balkans...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports second regional session of Kyrgyz Parliament’s Women’s Forum
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
The Women’s Forum of the Kyrgyz Parliament, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its second regional parliamentary session at Avrora resort centre of Issyk-Kul oblast, on 11 March 2016 with the aim of establishing a working group on the new law on police development...