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OSCE supports regional co-operation against money laundering and corruption in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
DURRES, Albania, 10 October 2013- A two-day regional conference aimed at strengthening co-operation on anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism, and tackling corruption in South Eastern Europe started today in Albania...
OSCE launches Albanian version of handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 8 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Economic activities, Border management, Good governance
The Albanian version of a handbook of best practices at border crossings developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe was presented on 4 October 2013 in Tirana.
OSCE Presence, USAID hold conference to promote court leadership in Albania
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Promoting leadership in the management of courts was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania together with the USAID’s Justice Sector Strengthening Project (JuST) and in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and the High Council of Justice on 15 May 2013 in Tirana...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes restriction of MPs’ and judges’ immunities in Albania
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
TIRANA, 18 September 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of amendments to the Constitution by the Albanian Assembly, restricting the general immunity from criminal prosecution of Members of Parliament, judges and other high-level officials...
Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project
Publishing date: 8 April 2011
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence...
OSCE Presence provides Albania’s electoral body with computers ahead of local government elections
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Good governance
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections...
OSCE Chairperson calls for end to violence in Albania
Publishing date: 21 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania