News and press releases

The OSCE Presence in Albania concluded a series of seminars in Tirana and Durrës in December 2014 on the newly-established administrative justice system in Albania...

The OSCE Presence in Albania on 4 December 2014 donated a range of academic books to the Albanian Police Academy. The recently-published books on criminology, psychology, criminal law, criminal procedure and other topics of interest for the law enforcement community will form the nucleus of the library of the Academy’s soon-to-be-established police higher education institution...

SHKODËR, Albania, 5 December 2015- Two parliamentary committees from Albania and Montenegro met on 5 December 2014 in the Albanian town of Shkodra to discuss cross-border environmental issues. The event was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the parliaments of the two countries, with the aim of promoting bilateral co-operation and strengthening the legislative process on environmental issues.

Sixty high-school students from the Albanian towns of Lezha, Puka, Korça, Kukës and Peshkopi, met on 2 December 2014 with high-level state officials, including President Bujar Nishani, as part of an OSCE project aimed at strengthening the participation of citizens – especially young people – in decision-making processes at the local and central level. The goal was to enable them become active citizens, to promote a sense of civic responsibility and a better understanding of what democracy means...

KORÇA, ALBANIA, 10 September 2014 – Judges in Korça have embraced today an OSCE-supported project aimed at reducing unreasonable delays in trials, following the positive results of the project in another court in Albania...

A group of some 90 children in the city of Korça, in south-west of Albania took part in interactive and fun activities organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania on 5 August 2014, to help them understand topics such as human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination...

On 15-18 July 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 30 probation officers from across the country as well as members of the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training introduced the newly-developed Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults (OASJ) and effective approaches to working with juvenile offenders. This assessment and related user manual was developed by a working group chaired by the Presence...