News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence helps Albanian police better respond to irregular migration
Publishing date: 24 March 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania on 24 March 2016 launched a series of workshops for the Albanian border and migration police with the aim of raising their capacity to respond to the challenges of irregular migration, particularly in light of the increased migrant flows through the Western Balkans...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports second regional session of Kyrgyz Parliament’s Women’s Forum
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
The Women’s Forum of the Kyrgyz Parliament, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its second regional parliamentary session at Avrora resort centre of Issyk-Kul oblast, on 11 March 2016 with the aim of establishing a working group on the new law on police development...
OSCE course in Turkmenistan addresses professional standards for penitentiary staff
Publishing date: 4 March 2016
ASHGABAT, 4 March 2016 – Representatives of law-enforcement bodies and prison officials from across Turkmenistan discussed the principles and ethics of penitentiary staff at an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Role of female police officers in focus at OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported international training-conference
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
BISHKEK, 3 March 2016 – The role of women police in the modern world and in Kyrgyzstan is the focus of a two-day international training-conference co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to mark five years of the establishment of the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and its membership of the International Association of Women Police...
OSCE/ODIHR signs agreement with Valencia City Council for hate crime training programme for local law enforcement
Publishing date: 29 February 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the City Council of Valencia, Spain, signed an agreement on 29 February 2016 to train local law enforcement officers in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes...
Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs officials complete OSCE-organized training course on effective intervention in domestic violence cases
Publishing date: 19 February 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 February 2016 – A four-day training course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on effective intervention by police inspectors in domestic violence cases, concluded in Dushanbe today...
OSCE works to develop co-operation among Eastern European law enforcement agencies in countering illicit trafficking in New Psychoactive Substances
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
MINSK, 17 February 2016 – More than 40 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and experts from eight international organizations concluded a two-day discussion in Minsk today on greater co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the increasing spread of new psychoactive substances...