News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes regional workshop on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property in Montenegro
Publishing date: 5 October 2018
PODGORICA, 5 October 2018 – More than 50 participants from police, border and customs services, and the Ministries of Justice and Culture from South-east Europe and the Caucasus completed a five-day workshop in Podgorica today on combating illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on countering religiously motivated terrorist organizations
Publishing date: 28 September 2018
Enhancing the capacities of law enforcement officers to counter religiously motivated terrorist organizations in line with international best practices was the aim of a five-day training course for some 20 counter-terrorism officers from the Interior Ministry, which concluded on 28 September 2018. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the Turkish National Police...
OSCE publishes Arabic version of its Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing
Publishing date: 28 September 2018
The Arabic version of the OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing was published in Vienna on 28 September 2018...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates forensic equipment to country’s Police
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated a forensic workstation set and two polygraphs, €52.000 worth, to the Montenegrin Police Directorate within the Interior Ministry on 14 September 2018 in Podgorica...
Improving responses to hate crime focus of workshop co-organized by ODIHR and European Network of Police Women
Publishing date: 31 August 2018
Strengthening skills in recognizing and investigating hate crimes was at the centre of a train-the-trainer workshop for women police officers organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network of Police Women (ENP) from 29 to 31 August
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police on identification of domestic violence
Publishing date: 31 August 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a five-day ‘train-the-trainer’ course on identification of domestic violence for community policing units. The course was held from 27 to 31 August 2018 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE conducts regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments for Central Asia in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
The OSCE regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments in Central Asia took place on 24-25 July 2018 in Dushanbe. The meeting was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat...