News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission remains committed to close co-operation with Ombudsman institution of Montenegro
Publishing date: 31 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro recognizes the important role of the Ombudsman institution, and remains committed to strengthening its co-operation, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, in a meeting with the Ombudsman, Šućko Baković, on 28 July 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE supports training seminar on investigating financial crimes and recovering stolen assets in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2017
An OSCE-supported five-day regional training seminar for some 30 law enforcement officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan on investigating financial crimes and recovering stolen assets began on 31 July 2017 in Astana...
OSCE trains police officers on combating domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2017
A three-day training seminar and a public discussion of the legal acts and mechanisms regulating the police’s work in combating domestic violence concluded on 30 July 2017 in Kazakhstan’s Pavlodar Region...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe trains young people on women’s participation in peace processes and negotiations
Publishing date: 31 July 2017
Some 25 young people representing the youth wings of Tajikistan’s political parties and civil society groups completed a one-day training course on 27 July 2017, focusing on women’s participation in peace processes and negotiations. The course was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...
Travel document security focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 July 2017
An OSCE-organized five-day training course on the detection of forged documents and imposters took place in Ashgabat from 24 to 28 July 2017. The course brought together representatives from Turkmenistan’s Interior and National Security Ministries, the State Border Service, and the State Migration Service...
OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on effective implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 July 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a roundtable discussion on effective implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan which took place on 28 July, 2017 in Astana...
OSCE and UNODC train 20 Kyrgyz officials in countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 28 July 2017
A seven-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of government officials from Kyrgyzstan to counter terrorist financing was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s Global Programme against Money Laundering in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan from 22 to 28 July 2017...