News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Cross-border co-operation to prevent drug trafficking focus of OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 16 June 2011
VIENNA, 16 June 2011 – An OSCE-organized conference to foster international and regional co-operation to prevent the trafficking of illegal drugs started in Vienna today...
OSCE Centre supports public discussion on police reform concept
Publishing date: 15 June 2011
BISHKEK, 15 June 2011 – The Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held a public discussion with civil society organizations today on the draft Police Reform Concept for Kyrgyzstan 2011-2015...
OSCE Office promotes community policing with conference in Baku
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
BAKU, 9 June 2011 – A two-day community policing conference, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku, began today with senior Azerbaijani police management, government agencies, civil society and international experts...
Kyrgyzstan's president calls for OSCE support to Interior Ministry reform
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
VIENNA, 9 June 2011 – Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbayeva, speaking on the eve of the anniversary of deadly strife in the south of her country, today called on the OSCE to support Interior Ministry reform...
OSCE workshop in Ankara looks at how e-learning can be used to train police
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
A two-day OSCE workshop that began 9 June 2011 at the Turkish National Police Academy in Ankara looks at how e-learning can be used to train police officers...
OSCE hosts workshop for South-Eastern Europe on computer forensics and digital evidence
Publishing date: 1 June 2011
The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit is hosting a regional workshop in Belgrade on computer forensics and digital evidence. The workshop on 2 and 3 June aims to give police supervisors, appellate-level prosecutors and judges an introduction to computer crimes, computer forensics and cyber evidence...
OSCE holds regional training seminar in Lithuania to combat sexual abuse of children on the Internet
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
VILNIUS, 25 May 2011 – An OSCE-organized training seminar for cybercrime experts and law enforcement investigators on how to combat sexual abuse of children on the Internet began today in Vilnius. The OSCE organized the three-day seminar in close co-operation with the Lithuanian Ombudsman for Children's Rights...