News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE States explore role for the Organization regarding migration and refugee flows
Publishing date: 20 July 2016
VIENNA, 20 July 2016 – Possible roles for the OSCE in the context of the migration and refugee flows across the OSCE area were discussed today at a special meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek enhances police investigators’ skills in crime investigation techniques
Publishing date: 20 July 2016
BISHKEK, 20 July 2016- A series of three-day training courses for police investigators on investigating murders which were committed with the use of explosives, firearms and cold arms are being held from 14 July until 6 August 2016 in Bishkek, Balykchy and Osh cities by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Kyrgyz State Judicial Academy...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes two-day workshop on multi-ethnic policing
Publishing date: 12 July 2016
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, organized a two-day workshop in Ohrid on policing in a multi-ethnic society on 11 and 12 July 2016. Some forty police officers of different ethnicities working in Ohrid and Bitola police stations attended the event and exchanged information and experiences related to multi-ethnic policing...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop on crime prevention through partnerships between police, civil organizations and the public
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
Fifty-two representatives of Local Crime Prevention Centres (LCPCs) in Kyrgyztsan, including members of the courts of Aksakals (local elders), women and youth councils completed a two-day workshop supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 7July 2016 in Osh, with the aim of enhancing interactions between the police, civil organizations and the public...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports newly established working group on police reform
Publishing date: 1 July 2016
The Kyrgyz Government, in co-ordination with the Parliament and the Public Council of the Interior Ministry, on 30 June 2016 issued, as a result of the advocacy efforts of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, a decree authorizing the establishment of a working group on police reform...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan publishes manual on countering domestic violence
Publishing date: 29 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 29 June 2016 – Copies of the new Manual on Countering Domestic Violence, published by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, were presented today to the Interior Ministry for further distribution among police inspectors dealing with cases related to this crime...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes workshop for national Police Union on countering gender-based discrimination
Publishing date: 29 June 2016
The OSCE Mission to Skopje on 28 June 2016 launched a two-day workshop for 22 members of the Police Union on countering gender-based discrimination with the aim of advancing the position of women in police services and increasing gender sensitivity among police officers...