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OSCE, private companies to support discussion on illegal cigarette trade, internet software piracy in South-Eastern Europe
VIENNA, 20 June 2012 - The OSCE's Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with OSCE field offices in South-Eastern Europe and the commercial sector are supporting a conference on combating the illicit trade in cigarettes and internet software piracy to be held in Ohrid on 21 and 22 June...
OSCE Office and Armenian police launch community policing in Yerevan
YEREVAN, 30 May 2012 – A meeting on community policing as the new model of operation in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 1 June was held today by the Armenian police with the support of the OSCE Office... ()
OSCE, EU train Armenian police in public order management prior to elections
YEREVAN, 26 April 2012 – The OSCE and the EU concluded four weeks of strategic and tactical planning training for Armenian police today in Yerevan... ()
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists police in combating gender-based violence in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine, 23 April 2012 – Law enforcement efforts in combating gender-based violence is the topic of a roundtable discussion jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior that started today in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv... ()
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani police on managing public gatherings
BAKU, 16 April 2012 – Today the OSCE Office in Baku starts a two-week training course for Azerbaijani police and internal troops on public assembly management... ()
OSCE, EU support discussion on role of police during Armenia’s elections
YEREVAN, 13 April 2012 –– The role and responsibilities of the police during the elections, including co-operation with electoral commissions, political parties, observers, as well as interaction with citizens were discussed today at a roundtable meeting in Yerevan... ()
OSCE Office awards community policing certificates to Armenian police officers
YEREVAN, 30 March 2012 – Fifteen police officers were awarded certificates of completion for an OSCE-supported train–the-trainers course on community policing that ended today in Yerevan... ()
Serbia’s citizens recognize positive impact of police reforms, OSCE/Interior Ministry opinion poll shows
BELGRADE, 26 January 2012 – Citizens’ views on Serbia’s police have been getting steadily more positive over the past four years, according to the results of a survey presented today in Belgrade by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Interior Ministry...