News and press releases

Advanced-level training on “Techniques and Tactics for Maintaining and Restoring Public Peace and Order” for 30 participants from the Interior Ministry’s Special Units Department was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the French Embassy in Skopje, from 2 to 6 April 2012...

VIENNA, 2 April 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Leonids Jakobsons, a journalist and owner of the Latvian news website Kompromat and urged the authorities to carry out a swift and transparent investigation...

Senior border officials from four OSCE participating states completed a five-day training course in Dushanbe on 31 March 2012. The course focused on human rights-based approach to countering terrorist threats along and at borders...

Five days of training for 48 Bulgarian police officers on dealing with hate crime concluded in Sofia on 30 March 2012. The course was part of Training against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) – a new programme designed by ODIHR to improve police skills in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...

On 30 March 2012 the OSCE published its Annual Report, giving an overview of the Organization’s work and activities in 2011...

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, in a report of her Office’s work to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 29 March 2012, highlighted the important role of safeguarding free media and free Internet while ensuring security...

Further reforms to the process for selecting judges in Kyrgyzstan are needed to ensure an independent judiciary, according to an OSCE report presented in Bishkek on 30 March 2012...