News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes study trip for Georgian police
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
SKOPJE, 15 November 2005- A group of high-ranking Georgian police officers arrived yesterday in Skopje to study police reform, particularly in the field of community policing. The visit is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and...
OSCE Mission hosts first regional conference on police education and training in Belgrade
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
BELGRADE, 15 November 2005- Evaluating current police education and identifying additional joint police training programmes were the aims of the first Regional Conference on Police Training, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...
OSCE regional workshop on sex crimes investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
ALMATY, 8 November 2005- Representatives of police forces from Central Asian countries are taking part in the first OSCE regional workshop on the investigation of sex crimes, which begins today in Almaty...
OSCE Centre organizes training on advanced drug recognition and testing in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 November 2005
ASHGABAD, 4 November 2005- Experts from the German Customs Service, specializing in drug recognition and testing, conducted the first of two one-week practical training courses in Ashgabad, organized by the OSCE Centre in co-operation with the United...
OSCE Mission to Skopje completes human rights training for police officers
Publishing date: 2 November 2005
SKOPJE, 2 November 2005- Eleven training co-ordinators from the country's Interior Ministry were awarded certificates today at the closing ceremony for a human rights training initiative for the police, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission...
OSCE Presence donates solar generators to Albanian border and migration police
Publishing date: 18 October 2005
TIRANA, 18 October 2005- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the donation of eight solar generators to the country's Border and Migration Police...
OSCE Mission publishes human rights booklet to assist Kosovo Police
Publishing date: 6 October 2005
PRISTINA, 6 October 2005- Officers of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) will now be able to make use of a new human rights booklet, being distributed by the OSCE Mission, which compiles provisions of international human rights instruments and applicable...