News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police station commanders on general management and problem oriented policing
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje will organize three workshops for 56 police station commanders with the aim of increasing the professional capacity of police in democratic, professional and efficient performance. The workshops will take place between 28 September and 9 October 2015 in Ohrid and Ponivka...
OSCE Secretary General visits Vienna’s West Station to meet refugees and representatives of Austria’s Interior Ministry, Police and humanitarian organizations
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
VIENNA, 24 September 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met refugees and representatives of local aid organizations at the Vienna West railway station (Westbahnhof), where he was briefed by Austria’s Interior Ministry and the Vienna police about their operations...
OSCE trains Kosovo Police in confiscating criminal assets
Publishing date: 21 September 2015
A two-week training course on freezing, restraining, and confiscating criminal assets organized for 13 Kosovo Police officers by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and funded by the German Foreign Office concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 18 September 2015...
OSCE continues training police on public assembly management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 September 2015
ALMATY, 18 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for police officers on best practices in managing public assemblies concluded today in Almaty. The event followed a similar seminar held on 14-15 September in Astana, Kazakhstan. Both seminars were co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Interior Ministry with the extra-budgetary support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany...
New efforts to protect young people from criminal drug dealing focus of OSCE conference
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
VIENNA, 10 September 2015 – Finding long-term solutions to reduce an ever-increasing demand for illicit drugs amongst young people through improved co-operation and co-ordination between law enforcement agencies and civil society is the goal of an experts meeting at the OSCE today...
OSCE concludes canine training course on explosives detection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 August 2015
ALMATY, 28 August 2015- A three-week advanced training course on effective use of dogs in countering transnational threats to the country’s security concluded today in Almaty...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and EUAM join efforts in supporting Ukraine’s police and justice reforms
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
KYIV, 11 August 2015 – Ambassador Vaidotas Verba, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, and Kalman Mizsei, Head of the EU Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), signed a memorandum of co-operation to support Ukraine in the fields of security and justice sector reform...