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OSCE trains Tajik border and customs officers on use of radiation equipment
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 19 September 2014 – Twenty-four mid-rank and front-line officers from the Tajik border troops and national customs service completed today a week-long training course on use of radiation detectors and other equipment at the border check points by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE supports simulation exercise of Kyrgyz special forces at the borders
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the “Barrier–2014” simulation exercises in the Ala-Buka district of Jalal-Abad province on 17-18 September 2014, with the aim of testing the readiness of border guards and law enforcement agencies in protecting the country’s borders...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports international conference marking 50th anniversary of Constitutional Court
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
SKOPJE, 19 September 2014 – Some 80 constitutional court judges from 21 European countries, representatives of the the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), the European Court of Human Rights, as well as legal practitioners from the country and abroad will participate at an OSCE-supported three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Court in Skopje...
Turkmenistan’s future diplomats complete course on OSCE
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Youth
ASHGABAT, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE and its role in international affairs were the focus of an OSCE-organized course that concluded today, for 60 students majoring in international relations and international law at the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry as well as the instructors from the Institute...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 26 October 2014 early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains judges and journalists on defamation issues
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
A two-day seminar involving approximately 30 judges, lawyers and journalists on issues related to defamation and libel concluded on 16 September at the premises of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE parliamentarians to observe upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 September 2014
COPENHAGEN, 18 September 2014 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and lead the short-term OSCE observer mission...