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Senior border officials from 14 countries receive OSCE training

Publishing date: 3 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 3 June 2013 – The 8th Staff Course for senior border officials opened today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish police to respect journalists’ rights when covering demonstrations

Publishing date: 1 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 1 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over police treatment of the media covering the ongoing demonstrations in Istanbul...

OSCE supports training on drug searches for police in Skopje

Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the French Embassy in Skopje organized a course on conducting drug searches for eight police officers from a local K9 Unit, as well as their dogs, on 27-31 May 2013...

Detention of Macedonian journalist excessive, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 31 May 2013 – The detention of a journalist in Skopje for an article published several years ago is excessive and negatively impacts media freedom, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today.

The 34th IPRM takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 31 May the 34th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz (EUMM) and Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia (OSCE). Participants expressed concern about increasing fencing activities and the high number of detentions in areas adjacent to South Ossetia...

OSCE/ODIHR trains legal professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina on advocacy in war crimes trials

Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Thirty judges, prosecutors and defence counsel from across Bosnia and Herzegovina attended advance trial advocacy training from 29 to 31 May 2013 in Sarajevo organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and its partners...

OSCE trains Kosovo Police on investigating drug trafficking

Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
An advanced 10-day training course on drug trafficking investigation held by the OSCE Mission for the Kosovo Police drug squad concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 31 May 2013...