News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President on the policing of protests in the United States
Publishing date: 1 June 2020
COPENHAGEN, 1 June 2020 – Today, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Georgian parliamentarian George Tsereteli, issued the following statement on the situation in the United States...
OSCE Presence donates personal protection equipment to Albania’s Border Police
Publishing date: 29 May 2020
At the imminent opening of Albania’s borders, the OSCE Presence, on 28 May 2020 in Tirana, donated personal protection equipment against COVID-19, worth 20,000 euro, to Albania’s Border Police...
OSCE delivers training workshop on intelligence-led policing in Iceland
Publishing date: 26 February 2020
The practical implementation of intelligence-led policing (ILP) as a modern and proactive approach to law enforcement was the focus of an OSCE training workshop that took place on 25 and 26 February 2020 in Reykjavik, Iceland...
OSCE supports co-operation of police investigators in Central Asia on combating trafficking in new psychoactive substances facilitated by Darkweb and the use of cryptocurrencies
Publishing date: 21 February 2020
A five-day training course on developing co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the spread of new psychoactive substances (NPS) facilitated by the Darkweb concluded on 21 February 2020 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
OSCE organizes study visit of Azerbaijani officials to Dublin to learn about public-private sector co-operation in combating cybercrime
Publishing date: 6 February 2020
A delegation from Azerbaijan’s Government travelled to Dublin on 5 and 6 February 2020 to learn about co-operation between the public and private sectors in fighting cybercrime. The officials visited the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland’s police force, the Garda Síochána, the regional headquarters of Microsoft, eBay, PayPal and Google, as well as University College Dublin.
OSCE-supported training for the Forensic Centre of Montenegro
Publishing date: 30 December 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro has supported the Forensic Centre of the Police Directorate in Danilovgrad since its inception in 2008, to receive accreditation as a fully-fledged member of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutions. In 2017, the European Commission upgraded the forensic standard for criminal investigations, which requires re-training the forensic centre to meet the new standard in 2020.
Trust in police goes up, shows OSCE-supported survey presented in Skopje
Publishing date: 20 December 2019
SKOPJE, 20 December 2019 – According to the OSCE-supported Survey on Public Perception of Democratic Policing presented in Skopje today, over the last two years there has been an increase in the overall level of satisfaction and trust of citizens with the police.