News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Albanian School of Magistrates begins new academic year with OSCE Presence support
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
The School of Magistrates of Albania held a ceremony on 3 October 2011 marking the start of the new academic year for its current and 17 new students, who will become judges and prosecutors at the end of the three-year training course...
OSCE promotes interactive teaching among police trainers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
BISHKEK, 3 October 2011 – An OSCE-supported five-day training course for Kyrgyzstan’s police trainers on dealing with victims of crimes started today in Bishkek...
OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...
OSCE Centre and Japanese Embassy equip schools in Kyrgyzstan with water assessment laboratories
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
BISHKEK, 3 October 2011- Equipment and mini-labs for water quality analysis were presented to 20 schools, two non-governmental organizations and the Academy of Education in Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Embassy of Japan...
OSCE organizes lectures on human rights in criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2011 – A series of lectures on international human rights standards and their applicability in the administration of criminal justice organized by the OSCE for 30 students of the S.A Niyazov Police Institute concludes in Ashgabat tomorrow...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Moldova to release Russian writer and journalist blogger
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
VIENNA, 30 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon Moldovan authorities to release Eduard Bagirov, a writer and journalist blogger, who has been held in pre-trial detention since mid-June...
OSCE supports workshop in Kazakhstan on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Ways to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Central Asian region was discussed at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on 27-29 September in Astana...