News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Prevention and criminalization of domestic violence focus of OSCE- organized roundtable discussions in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 September 2021
A two-day online event on the prevention and criminalization of domestic violence in Turkmenistan started today on 7 September 2021.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro provides Agency for Electronic Media with expert assistance on PR crisis and public speaking
Publishing date: 7 September 2021
Starting from 6 September 2021 for two-months, Amela Odobašić, Head of Public Affairs at the Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will work on further improving of PR crisis skills and public speaking with the Agency for Electronic Media. The activity is part of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro’s support to the Agency, the independent regulatory body for audio-visual media services in Montenegro.
Taking the combat against trafficking in persons in Kyrgyzstan to the next level
Publishing date: 6 September 2021
An OSCE-organized week-long live simulation exercise on how to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking started in Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan on 6 September 2021. More than 70 professionals from law enforcement agencies including the representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Prosecutor General's Office, civil society organizations, independent experts and representatives of social services are taking part in the event.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro provides country’s police with specialized equipment
Publishing date: 6 September 2021
To support the Police Directorate and the police Forensic Centre in fighting against organized and transnational crime, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated specialized equipment and software to the country’s police on 6 September 2021 in Podgorica.
OSCE Mission-supported strategy on police training and development promoted in Skopje
Publishing date: 3 September 2021
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) in developing a strategy to modernize the Ministry’s training and education system. This strategy represents a significant investment in the Ministry’s most important resource – its people.
OSCE-jointly organized training course builds skills, knowledge in cultural property protection for ten countries
Publishing date: 3 September 2021
Over 30 participants from ten countries took part in an in-person training course from 30 August to 3 September 2021 to build their knowledge and skills in addressing and enhancing the protection of cultural property. The course, organized jointly by the OSCE in co-operation with the Hellenic Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Centre (MPSOTC), was held in Kilkis, Greece.
Investigators from Bosnia and Herzegovina attend OSCE-supported Workshop on Using Open Source Intelligence for Criminal Investigations
Publishing date: 3 September 2021
Law enforcement representatives from the State Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina attended a five-day OSCE-supported online workshop on the use of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for criminal and financial investigations, held from August 30 to September 3. Through practical and interactive sessions, participants gained knowledge on how to identify, gather and analyze quantitative and qualitative data that is publicly available on the internet.