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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Transport corridor management during emergencies, focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 July 2022
The promotion of a digital transport corridor and its effective management during emergencies were discussed at an online seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat from 6 to 7 July 2022. The objective of the two-day seminar was to highlight best practices of the OSCE participating States in
Role of state institutions and media during emergencies discussed at OSCE course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 July 2022
The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online training course on interaction between state institutions and media in informing the public about security issues during emergencies from 4 to 5 July 2022. The two-day event was attended by representatives responsible for providing news coverage of
OSCE Mission to Montenegro publishes opinion poll on RTCG’s brand awareness and programming
Publishing date: 5 July 2022
Almost half of the respondents in a survey polled perceive the national public service broadcaster – Radio Television Montenegro (RTCG) as a metaphor for the term “television”, about 27 per cent watch the RTCG on a daily basis, while RTCG channels, in comparison to other TV stations, are the second most viewed in Montenegro. A large number of citizens noticed a positive change on RTCG 1, in relation to 2020 and, statistically, the trust in RTCG information program has increased, while 16% of respondents watch RTCG more today than a year ago.
OSCE supports Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry in expanding the network of mobile police receptions in remote areas
Publishing date: 1 July 2022
The further support the efforts of the Government of Tajikistan in the process of police reform, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Programme Office) handed over three minibuses to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Interior (Ministry) on 29 June in Dushanbe.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General announce upcoming closure of Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 June 2022
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 June – OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Poland, Zbigniew Rau and OSCE Secretary General, Helga Maria Schmid, have announced that the OSCE has initiated steps to close the office of the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.
Prevention of violence against journalists focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 June 2022
An OSCE-organized online seminar on international standards and national experiences in preventing violence against journalists and promoting their rights was held from 27 to 28 June 2022. Two international experts facilitated the meeting for representatives of structures involved in the
OSCE continues training Central Asian law enforcement experts to combat cybercrime through digital forensics
Publishing date: 24 June 2022
The second part of a two-week training programme on open-source digital forensics for law enforcement experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan took place from 20 to 24 June in Nur-Sultan. The course, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, follows the first part, which took place in May.