News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports advanced surveillance training for police officers
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
Ten police officers from the Interior Ministry’s Undercover Operations Department will be trained on how to effectively use technical and electronic devices during surveillance in Ankara from 20 to 24 May 2013. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
OSCE Mission supports exchange between Serbian and Finnish women parliamentarians’ networks
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
From 14 to 17 May 2013, members of the newly established Serbian Women’s Parliamentary Network travelled to Helsinki to exchange experiences with representatives from the Finnish Women’s Parliamentary Network and other institutions working in the field of gender equality...
OSCE/ODIHR regional roundtable supports development of efficient criminal legal aid mechanisms in Central Asia
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
Representatives of ministries of justice, working groups on legal aid laws and the judiciary, as well as members of bar associations, international organizations and civil society organizations in Central Asia exchanged their views on the latest developments in legislation on criminal legal aid during a roundtable event held in Bishkek on 15 and16 May 2013...
What doctors can do to prevent trafficking and domestic violence, assist victims, in focus of OSCE workshop in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
A series of six training workshops organized by the OSCE Mission and Ministry of Health for 180 doctors in Kosovo on how to identify and treat victims of trafficking and domestic violence concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 16 May 2013...
OSCE Presence, USAID hold conference to promote court leadership in Albania
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Promoting leadership in the management of courts was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania together with the USAID’s Justice Sector Strengthening Project (JuST) and in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and the High Council of Justice on 15 May 2013 in Tirana...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about increasing pressure on media in Azerbaijan following online defamation provisions
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
WARSAW, 15 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about the increasingly hostile situation for the media in Azerbaijan following moves to extend the criminalization of defamation to the Internet...
OSCE Mission presents report on implementation of legislation on civil society and public sector co-operation in Montenegro
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented a 2012 annual report on how the authorities have implemented legislation that relates to their co-operation with civil society on 14 May 2013 in Podgorica...