News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson, in Moscow, emphasizes need to promote trust and reconciliation
Publishing date: 29 March 2013
MOSCOW, 29 March 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a working visit to Moscow today, emphasized the need to promote trust, confidence and reconciliation among the OSCE participating States...
OSCE supports new training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s State Financial Intelligence Service
Publishing date: 29 March 2013
BISHKEK, 29 March 2013 – The newly established Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service (SFIS) was opened today in Bishkek with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE supports Afghan and Tajik experts, students to strengthen water and environmental management co-operation
Publishing date: 29 March 2013
DUSHANBE, 29 March 2013 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today hosted an extracurricular day for 30 Afghan and Tajik students from the faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences at universities in Dushanbe...
OSCE Presence trains Albanian police officers in undercover techniques
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
TIRANA, 28 March 2013 – The OSCE Presence in Albania, in partnership with the Italian Government, concluded the final phase of an in-depth training course in undercover techniques for nine police officers from the Internal Control Service of Albania’s Interior Ministry...
OSCE Kosovo Mission acting Head condemns attack on human rights activist
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 28 March 2013 – The acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Paivi Nikander, strongly condemned today the physical assault on prominent human rights activist Nazlie Bala, which took place last night...
Reporting on human trafficking manual published by OSCE, Moscow University, Russian Union of Journalists
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
The OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the Moscow State University and the Russian Union of Journalists on 28 March 2013 published a course book for journalism students writing about human trafficking...
OSCE Centre supports forum on penitentiary reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 March 2013