News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Police Academies Network launched to strengthen police training and co-operation
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
To promote and support international police training and co-operation, the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) was established in Vienna on 29 June 2018 as an outcome of a project developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit at the Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE supports study visit to Amsterdam on Advance Passenger Information systems for Kyrgyz law enforcement representatives
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, in close co-operation with the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, organized a study visit to Amsterdam for seven aviation security experts from Kyrgyzstan. The visit, which took place from 26 to 28 June, aimed at providing Kyrgyz representatives with a better understanding of the benefits of using Advance Passenger Information (API) data for border management purposes. The trip enabled them to experience first-hand the functioning of the Travel Information Portal (TRIP), the Dutch passenger data solution.
Policies and practices of open government data management focus of study visit to Japan by Uzbekistan delegation, supported by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supported a four-day study visit of a government delegation from Uzbekistan to Japan to learn about policies and practices of open government data management. The visit, which concluded on 29 June 2018 in Tokyo, was organized in co-operation with the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Japan...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes sustainable mobility
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
A three-day workshop on sustainable mobility, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), concluded on 29 June 2018 in Tashkent...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative strongly condemns shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper office, expresses solidarity with media community in USA
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
VIENNA, 29 June 2018- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed shock and strong condemnation following the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States of America...
Border guard training on detection of forged documents supported by OSCE in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 29 June 2018...
Promotion of tolerance and prevention of hate speech in media focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro workshops in Budva and Kolasin
Publishing date: 28 June 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Agency for Electronic Media, organized two workshops for representatives of local public broadcasters on the promotion of tolerance and the prevention of hate speech in media, on 27 June 2018 in Budva and 28 June in Kolasin...