News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo police develop community policing strategy and action plan
Publishing date: 29 March 2012
The new Kosovo community policing strategy and action plan were finalized in an OSCE-supported workshop held from 27 to 29 March 2012 in Prevallë/Prevalac, Prizren. Kosovo police management, front line officers and representatives of local and international organizations involved with public safety contributed to the effort...
OSCE/ODIHR promotes transparency and public participation in lawmaking at Belgrade workshop
Publishing date: 28 March 2012
Measures to increase transparency and public participation in the lawmaking process were the focus of a workshop in Belgrade on 26 and 27 March 2012, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Legislative Committee of the National Assembly of Serbia...
OSCE highlights human rights approach to preventing and combating human trafficking in Washington
Publishing date: 28 March 2012
The Deputy Co-ordinator of the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ruth Freedom Pojman, addressed the Global Stakes in Human Rights Roundtable on “The OSCE, Human Rights, and Human Trafficking” at the Council on Foreign Relations, on 27 March 2012 in Washington DC...
OSCE supports Tirana meeting on election administration, new voting technologies
Publishing date: 27 March 2012
Reform of Albania’s election administration as well as international good practices in new voting technologies was the topic of an OSCE- supported meeting in Tirana on 26 and 27 March 2012...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve broadcasting for communities
Publishing date: 27 March 2012
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a workshop on programme quality for Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) directors, editors and journalists on 24 to 25 March 2012 in Prevallë/Prevalac...
OSCE Special Representative calls for better balance between border control and human rights protection to tackle human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for anti-trafficking efforts at borders to prioritize human rights protection at a conference on “The Politics & Policy of Border Security” in Berlin on 23 March 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Belgrade, Bujanovac and Skopje from 19 to 23 March 2012...