News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
25th Staff Course concludes at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 4 November 2019
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded its 25th Border Management Staff Course in Dushanbe on 1 November 2019...
OSCE builds capacity of Central Asian border officials on analytical research and information sharing to boost border security in the region
Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Border officials from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan completed a one-week workshop on analytical research and information sharing practices on 25 October 2019 in Dushanbe. The training provided the 15 participants with skills for efficient analysis of risks and threats, and tools for information sharing between border protection agencies to better prevent border incidents in the region. The training was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
The safety of journalists is of utmost importance for the work of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and it fully endorses the commitments made by Montenegro and other OSCE participating States at the OSCE Ministerial Council on the Safety of Journalists in December 2018.
OSCE supports conference on modernizing media industry on the occasion of Information and Press Day in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
Some 230 representatives of the Office of the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, press services of government bodies, independent media, academia, and international organizations took part in the second Annual Partnership Media Conference on 31 October 2019 in Bishkek.
Good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking in focus of OSCE training course for Ukrainian officials
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
The second training course on good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking, organized as part of an OSCE project, was held from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Kyiv for Ukrainian officials working in this area...
OSCE organizes seminar on combating cybercrime and digital forensics for law enforcement investigators
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
A four-day training course on "Combatting Cybercrime and Conducting Digital Investigations" for professionals concluded on 31 October 2019 in Tashkent. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of the country with the support of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat.
OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Latvia
Publishing date: 31 October 2019
Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report and recommendations of the assessment mission to the 6 October 2018 parliamentary elections in Latvia. ODIHR experts reiterated their earlier assessment that the elections were