News and press releases

The progress Uzbekistan has made in combating corruption over the course of this year was the focus of an international conference and subsequent media forum organized by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and other international organizations on 13 and 14 December 2018 in Tashkent.

A one-week advanced training course for 15 Albanian border officers from various regions of the country on increasing their operational awareness regarding the detection of forged travel documents was conducted in Tirana from 10 to 14 December 2018. The training was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Security Academy of Albania.

Countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the focus of a workshop for regulators and policymakers organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan with the co-operation of the Department on Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor’s Office of Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) from 11 to 14 December 2018 in Tashkent...

More than 100 high-level officials from South-Eastern Europe dealing with preventing corruption, together with senior representatives of Serbian institutions, civil society organizations and the media gathered for a regional conference in Belgrade on 13 and 14 December 2018 to mark International Anti-Corruption Day...

The Prime Minister, government ministers and mayors of all 81 local self-government units in the country gathered on 14 December 2018 for a national conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Association of Municipalities (ZELS) to discuss the remaining challenges related to the decentralization process...

Young people must take the lead in dismantling barriers and promoting genuine regional reconciliation that will create a better future in their countries and the Western Balkans. This was a key conclusion of the conference Youth Exchange as Motor of Regional Co-operation, organized by Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in Podgorica on 13 December 2018.

The prevention of domestic violence was the focus of the international conference on the development of crisis centres for victims of domestic violence which concluded on 7 December 2018 in Astana...