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OSCE Presence in Albania, Ministry of Interior co-operate to raise professional standards of police

Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Policing
TIRANA, 16 May 2014 – The Deputy Minister of Interior, Ilirjan Mustafaraj, the Deputy Director of the State Police, Altin Qato, and the Deputy Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Robert Wilton, recognized 33 mid-level police managers for their successful completion of a leadership development training programme...

OSCE supports dialogue on fight against organized crime in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 16 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the State Academy of Law under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, organized a two-day conference on 15 and 16 May 2014 in Bishkek on the fight against organized crime...

OSCE/ODIHR releases study on visa requirements and cross-border mobility in the OSCE region

Publishing date: 15 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 15 May 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released the first study of its kind demonstrating how visa requirements affect the movement of people across borders in the OSCE region.

Lamberto Zannier re-appointed OSCE Secretary General

Publishing date: 15 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERN / VIENNA, 15 May 2014- Foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE participating States have taken a consensus decision to extend the term of the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier of Italy, for another three years...

Prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan continues to erode free media says OSCE representative

Publishing date: 15 May 2014
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, 15 May 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was outraged by the lengthy prison sentence handed down to journalist Parviz Hashimli, yet more proof of the deteriorating Azerbaijani media freedom environment...

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine- based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 14 May (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 15 May 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained volatile. Other parts of Ukraine remained calm...

OSCE Centre and ODIHR support Supreme Court of Kazakhstan in strengthening judicial independence

Publishing date: 15 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Centre in Astana shared experience from other OSCE participating States at a roundtable discussion in Astana on 15 May 2014 on devising effective mechanisms to strengthen the independence of the national judicial system.