News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Border Management Staff College launches first distance-learning course
Publishing date: 18 September 2014
DUSHANBE, 18 September 2014 – The OSCE Border Management Staff College launched its first distance-learning course this week, with participants completing the first introductory segment today. The one-year course focuses on border security and management...
Call for participants at Cross-Border Research Conference in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 12 September 2014
Researchers and practitioners specializing in border management and the security sector from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation are invited to apply to participate in the Cross-Border Research Conference 2014. The event will take place from 17 to 21 November at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...
OSCE conducts patrol leadership course for Afghan border police officers
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2014 – Nineteen Afghan border police officers completed today a training course on patrolling and leadership organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. Most of the graduates ranked between warrant officer and major, and are stationed with border detachments at the Afghan-Tajik border...
Afghan, Tajik border officials complete OSCE, UNDP joint border management course
Publishing date: 28 August 2014
DUSHANBE, 28 August 2014 – Twenty border officers from Afghanistan and Tajikistan successfully completed a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
OSCE Centre launches border patrol training on Turkmen-Afghan border
Publishing date: 25 August 2014
ASHGABAT, 25 August 2014 – Twenty officers from the State Border Service of Turkmenistan will take part in a training course on border patrol which was launched at the Imamnazar border crossing point on the Turkmen-Afghan border today...
Spot report by the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, 23 August 2014: Russian convoy returned from Ukraine and crossed into the Russian Federation at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 23 August 2014
DONETSK CHECKPOINT, Russian Federation, 23 August 2014- On 23 August, between 10:00 and 14:15 (local time), a total number of 220 vehicles of the Russian convoy returned from Ukraine and crossed to the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). Already seven vehicles of the convoy had returned to the BCP on the evening of 22 August. The OSCE Observer Mission (OM) concludes that all 227 vehicles of the aid convoy, which had crossed the Donetsk BCP towards Ukraine on 22 August (see Spot Reports of 22 August 2014), have returned to the Russian Federation (RF).
Spot report UPDATE: Russian trucks departed from the Donetsk Border Crossing Point without ICRC’s escort
Publishing date: 22 August 2014
DONETSK CHECKPOINT, Russian Federation, 22 August 2014- On 22 August (until 15:55) a total number of 227 vehicles passed the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP) control area towards the border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Out of the total number of vehicles, 37 had been inspected. In addition, out of the 227 vehicles, between 27-30 were support vehicles and rest of them trucks.