News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2015 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
BELGRADE, 8 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its 2015 Person of the Year Award to three recipients at a ceremony in Belgrade today to Marija Ranđelović, Community Liaison Officer (CLO) of the Niš Police Department, the Preševo Youth Office, and to Miroslava Milenović, forensic financial expert and Member of the Anti-Corruption Council (ACC) of the Government of the Republic of Serbia...
OSCE supports seminar on fostering police integrity in Montenegro
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
Recent developments and strategic priorities in fostering police integrity in Montenegro was the topic of the OSCE-supported seminar held on 1 December 2015 in Podgorica, which brought together 50 participants from state institutions, civil society, media and international organizations...
OSCE-supported regional conference in Montenegro focuses on fight against cybercrime
Publishing date: 20 November 2015
Exchanging experiences and best practices in the fight against cybercrime was the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference for practitioners held on November 18-19 in Pržno, Budva, Montenegro...
Importance of aligning quality of forensic evidence with international best practices highlighted at OSCE-supported regional workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 11 November 2015
A regional workshop organized from 9 to 11 November 2015 by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Police Administration in Danilovgrad saw 23 forensic experts from Podgorica, Tirana, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Skopje exchange opinions, experiences and best practices on enhancing the quality of forensics by aligning them with international quality standards...
ODIHR trains Spanish police on human rights while countering terrorism
Publishing date: 6 November 2015
Complying with human rights standards, while effectively countering terrorism, was the focus of two training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 2- 3 and 5- 6 November 2015 in Madrid, Spain...
Regional workshop in Belgrade explores strengthening cross-border co-operation to address irregular migration-related crimes
Publishing date: 5 November 2015
Strengthening co-operation between criminal justice actors and other relevant stakeholders in addressing crimes related to irregular migration in the Western Balkans was the focus of a regional workshop in Belgrade on 4-5 November 2015, organized by the OSCE and its partners...
OSCE Office supports discussion on challenges of community policing and its development in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Armenian Police, on 2-3 November 2015, organized a roundtable discussion in Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk region, to wrap up a two-year project on facilitating community policing development in Armenia, which was implemented by the National Centre for Legal Research NGO...