News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports monitoring of implementation of new law on freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
BISHKEK, 21 December 2012 – The implementation of the new law on peaceful assemblies in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported discussion that took place in Bishkek today...
Law students discuss comparative criminal law at OSCE-supported course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
ASHGABAT, 21 December 2012 – Sixty-five students from the law faculty at the Magtymguly Turkmen State University attended an OSCE-organized course on comparative criminal law that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police on child protection
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
A two-week training course organized by the OSCE Mission on child protection and prevention of juvenile delinquency for 13 police officers concluded on 21 December 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes “Stop Sports Violence” project
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
From 19 October to 14 December 2012, the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a volleyball tournament between students of eleven secondary schools as part of a project to prevent sports violence in the cities of Tetovo and Gostivar, in the western part of the country...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan officials in hostage negotiation
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
A two-week training course on hostage negotiation for the personnel of Kyrgyzstan’s relevant state agencies ended in Bishkek on 21 December 2012. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Antiterrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security...
OSCE, Montenegrin authorities discuss environmental impact project
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
Facilitating efficient implementation of the laws on strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) was the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Environmental Protection Agency in Podgorica on 20 December 2012...
Secretary General of Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
The Secretary General of the Co-operation Council of Turkic Speaking States, Halil Akıncı, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 20 December 2012 in Vienna...