News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Bulgarian criminal justice practitioners on effective responses to gender-based violence
Publishing date: 14 June 2019
A four-day specialized training course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for Bulgarian criminal justice practitioners was held from 10 to 14 June 2019, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria...
Former OSCE Chair Serbia remains key partner in the region says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák during visit to Belgrade
Publishing date: 4 June 2019
BELGRADE, 4 June 2019 – Visiting Serbia today as part of his commitment to visit all OSCE field missions, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, together with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dačić and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Andrea Orizio, opened the High-Level Discussion on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) in South-Eastern Europe in Belgrade...
Need to reduce supply and demand of synthetic drugs, step up rehabilitation and reintegration and engage youth, stressed at OSCE-wide event
Publishing date: 4 June 2019
VIENNA, 4 June 2019 – Reducing demand and supply in illicit drugs, curbing their trade via the Darknet, promoting international partnerships, engaging with young people and stepping up rehabilitation and reintegration measures are key to countering the evolving threat of illicit synthetic drugs, said participants of the two-day 2019 OSCE-wide conference that concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE conducts specialized training course on effective responses to gender-based violence for Romanian officials
Publishing date: 3 June 2019
A specialized training course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for Romanian police and prosecutors, organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit, was held from 27 to 31 May 2019 in Poiana Brasov, Romania...
Criminal justice practitioners explore how to effectively counter cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime at OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 27 May 2019
More than 140 criminal justice practitioners and representatives of the OSCE participating States, OSCE Partners for Co-operation and international organizations explored how to effectively counter cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime at a conference in Vienna on 24 May organized by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan conducts specialized anti-trafficking training course for regional branches of police
Publishing date: 17 May 2019
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan conducted a third in a series of anti-trafficking training courses for investigators and operative agents from Tashkent, Tashkent region and Syrdarya, from 13 to 17 May 2019 in Tashkent...
OSCE conducts specialized training course on effective responses to gender-based violence for Hungarian criminal justice practitioners
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
A four-day specialized training course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for criminal justice practitioners from Hungary was held from 6 to 10 May 2019, at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) headquarters in Budapest, Hungary...