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OSCE Skopje Mission Head attends border hand-over ceremony

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Policing
SKOPJE, 7 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in Skopje, Ambassador Carlos Pais, today attended a ceremony marking the first transfer of border authority from the Defence Ministry to the Interior Ministry...

OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...

OSCE Centre promotes community policing in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 26 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 26 April 2004- Police officers and NGO representatives from Kazakhstan will take part in a three-week community relations training programme in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, sponsored by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. The event is designed to further...

OSCE Police Assistance Programme helps intercept 44 kgs of heroin in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 April 2004- A drug-sniffing dog, provided by the OSCE to Kyrgyz Police under the Police Assistance Programme, helped detect 44 kilograms of heroin in a passenger bus near the town of Osh in Kyrgyzstan on 7 April...

Basic police training course begins at Police Academy in Idrizovo

Publishing date: 5 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 5 April 2004- The sixth Basic Police Training course at the Police Academy in Idrizovo, organized by the Ministry of Interior in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, began today...

OSCE Skopje Mission and Interior Ministry launch TV Campaign to boost police-community relations

Publishing date: 22 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
SKOPJE, 22 March 2004- The Macedonian Ministry of Interior and the OSCE Mission to Skopje today launched a nationwide TV campaign to promote co-operation between the police and the citizens, with a series of daily public information slots on TV...

Head of OSCE's office in Kyrgyzstan discusses police assistance programme with President Akayev

Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Policing
BISHKEK, 19 March 2004- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Mueller, today met Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev at Government House, where he outlined issues of special concern to the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...