News and press releases

An OSCE-organized training course on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation was held for 50 young professionals from the OSCE region and the Organization’s Partners for Co-operation from 12 to 16 February in Vienna. The course was held in the framework of the OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security and jointly organized by the OSCE together with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

The Rector of the Kyrgyz Presidential Academy of Public Administration, Almaz Nasyrov, participated in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation and the OSCE Permanent Council on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) on 14 February 2018 in Vienna, Austria.

Tirana, 16 February 2018- Providing criminal justice practitioners without IT specialization with a general overview of how all types of criminal activities may be facilitated on the Internet was the focus of a one-week training course hosted by the OSCE from 12 to 16 February 2018 at the Albanian Security Academy in Tirana.

A training course designed to improve co-operation between police officers and prosecutors in addressing hate crimes in Bulgaria was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in the city of Veliko Tarnovo on 13 and 14 February 2018. Twenty-five police

The Interior Minister of Tajikistan, Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon Hamro, addressed the OSCE participating States in the Hofburg Conference Centre, Vienna, on 12 February 2018. Interior Minister Rahimzoda was invited by the Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Spanish Chair of the Security Committee, Ambassador Victoria Gonzalez Roman, to open this year’s first session of the Security Committee.

The work to repair the damaged roof of the Plemetin/Plemetina social housing building, home to 180 Roma and Ashkali community members, concluded on 29 January 2018. The repair was made possible with financial support from Caritas Luxembourg, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the Embassy of Luxembourg and the municipality of Obiliq/Obilić.

The importance of promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief as a core component of ensuring sustainable security in Kazakhstan was highlighted by participants in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Astana on 13 February 2018.