News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes in-depth control training for border police officers
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Hungarian Embassy in Skopje and Hungarian national police will train 13 Border Police Officers on in-depth control and integrated border management in Budapest from 20 to 25 April 2015...
OSCE officials highlight co-operation by regional and global organizations as key to fighting transnational crime
Publishing date: 15 April 2015
DOHA, 15 April 2015 – Two senior OSCE officials speaking on Tuesday at the Thirteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which runs from 12-19 April in Doha, stressed the need for common efforts by regional and global organizations to more effectively combat transnational organized crime...
OSCE trains Tajik law enforcement officers on operational crisis management
Publishing date: 3 April 2015
DUSHANBE, 3 April 2015 – Twenty-six officers from Tajik law enforcement agencies completed today a week-long OSCE training course in Dushanbe on operational crisis management. The training was held in the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan.
OSCE holds police reform steering group meeting in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 April 2015
A regular meeting of the Police Reform Steering Group was held at the Department of State Traffic Inspection of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan on 27 March 2015...
OSCE seminar promotes traffic safety in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 1 April 2015
ASHGABAT, 1 April 2015 – Traffic management and road safety were the focus of an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded today in Ashgabat...
OSCE Presence to train over 6,000 police officers ahead of local elections in Albania
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
TIRANA, 24 March 2015- About 6,300 police officers across Albania will be trained on their role in the electoral process during a series of training courses which started today in Tirana and will run to the end of April. The training, which is organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, in partnership with the Albanian State Police, and with the support of the Central Election Commission and the General Prosecutor’s office, comes ahead of the 21 June local elections...
OSCE Presence trains Albanian police on diversity, hate crimes, domestic violence
Publishing date: 23 March 2015
Forty police officers, who completed a training programme on diversity, hate crimes and domestic violence, collected their certificates in a ceremony on 23 March 2015 in Tirana. The event, hosted by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Dutch Embassy, was attended by the Head of the Presence, Ambassador Florian Raunig, Dutch Ambassador Dewi van de Weerd, and General Director of the Albanian Police Artan Didi...