News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports police training on Roma history and culture
Publishing date: 9 May 2008
SKOPJE, 9 May 2008- Teaching non-ethnic Roma police officers about Roma history and culture to help them overcome prejudices and stereotypes, with the aim of raising the quality of the police service in ethnic Roma areas, is the focus of a workshop...
OSCE Centre promotes transparency in police activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2008
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan, 6 May 2008- Improving interaction between the media and police agencies at the regional level was the topic of a roundtable discussion held today in Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre helps train Kyrgyz police officers on human rights principles
Publishing date: 18 April 2008
BISHKEK, 18 April 2008- Police officers from the Osh, Jalalabad and Batken provinces of Kyrgyzstan completed an OSCE Centre-organized course on human rights today...
Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-operation between Ombudsman offices and local authorities
Publishing date: 29 February 2008
SKOPJE, 29 Feb 2008- A regional roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Mission to further enhance co-operation between the Ombudsman Institution and local authorities started today in Bitola...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports local prevention councils to enhance community policing
Publishing date: 19 February 2008
SKOPJE, 19 February 2008- Establishing a new mechanism at the local level to further facilitate community policing in the country is the aim of a conference, which started in Skopje today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports study tour to Turkey for Interior Ministry experts
Publishing date: 15 February 2008
SKOPJE, 15 February 2008- Interior Ministry officials completed today a study tour to Ankara to learn about crime scene investigation techniques from their Turkish counterparts...